Arts/Education
Each year, Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative (HOEC) offers four $750 scholarships to area high schools. These high schools are rotated every year throughout the service area. The applications are sent to a third-party judge to be reviewed and graded to ensure that any bias is eliminated and the...
The Willow Springs School Board of Education discussed raises for staff, lunch prices for the upcoming year, and how well the students performed during the last school year. The board met on June 10 for their regular meeting.
The board announced the lunch price will raise by a dime per...
The Willow Springs Scholarship Club is proud to announce that with the graduating class of 2024, they have awarded their one millionth dollar. The local scholarship club was founded in 1976 with the mission to provide opportunities for students graduating from Willow Springs High School to pursue...
Eighth grade students or “Challenge B class” from the local Willow Springs Classical Conversations community, traveled to Ozark and Marshfield to compete in multiple mock trials at the county courthouses during the week of April 22. It was the highlight of the debate strand for the class for the...
The West Plains Schools received perfect results from the annual school bus inspection, board of education members heard during their May meeting. The May West Plains School Board of Education meeting was held in the middle school library while a connecting hallway is being built between the main...
At a regular school board meeting on Monday, May 13, the Glenwood R-VIII School District Board of Education approved the sale of $2,000,000 in general obligation bonds to its municipal bond underwriter, L.J. Hart Company of St. Louis, MO. "We truly appreciate the strong vote of confidence we...
The Willow Springs School Board approved the resignation of Band Director Trevor Turner and paraprofessional Sonya Williams during its May meeting on Monday. The board also approved five new hires, including three new teachers.
The open meeting began with Debbie Bryan being sworn in as a...
Arbor Day literally translates to “tree day,” a tradition started in 1872 as a support to the Conservation Movement that is celebrated in the United States on the last Friday of April during spring planting seasons. This year, as part of the Ozark Spring, National Society Daughters of the American...
