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State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for June 2025 increased 1.5 percent compared to those for June 2024, from $1.26 billion last year to $1.28 billion this year.
Net general revenue collections for 2025 fiscal year-to-date increased 0.0 percent...
MFA Oil Company, a farmer-owned energy cooperative, announces the completion of significant upgrades at its Petro-Card 24 station, located at 3007 Porter Wagoner Blvd. in West Plains, Mo. This location is open to the public 24 hours a day and offers 87-octane gasoline and clear and red-dyed...
Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, this week named Sen. Brad Hudson, R-Cape Fair, to leadership positions on two newly created Senate Select Committees. Hudson will serve as Chair of the Select Committee on Government Modernization and Transformation, and Vice Chair of the...
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded one contract for the Southeast District during its regular meeting on July 9. The contract included a pavement improvement project.
A $3,180,000 contract was awarded to Pace Construction Company, for pavement improvements on Route...
Tom White, of Willow Springs, celebrates his 80th birthday alongside wife Phylliss, in the EAA hangar on July 12. Over fifty guests gathered at the Bryan St. location to help welcome White, “to the eighth floor,” as one guest said.
The Public Safety Advisory Committee is set to weigh in for the first time on city spending. The committee, newly reorganized last month, held a meeting on July 7. City Administrator Beverly Hicks briefed the members on the police department’s desire to develop a long-term vehicle purchase...
Driving by Veterans Park in Mountain View, community members have noticed work going on at the stage. Jeffrey Huey, owner of Huey's Roofing & Construction, along with crewmembers Denis and Crystal, are showing some much-needed TLC to the community space.
“I decided to donate my...
Parishioners at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Willow Springs have created a memorial garden called the Memorial to Unborn Children. On June 26, Bishop Edward Rice visited Willow Springs to dedicate and bless the memorial alongside Fr. Nicholas Newton, who was pastor of Sacred Heart until July 1...
Kayleigh Scott of West Plains, MO, is the mother of a baby boy, Bentley Darrin Scott. He was born June 19, 2025, at 2:22 p.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces and was 21 and 3/4 inches long. His grandparents are Joseph and Crystal Carey of West Plains.
Nichole Borders...
Police responded to a mechanic shop doubling as a makeshift residence where an all-day argument ended with a man shot and a woman in jail. Willow Springs Police Department responded to a industrial building at the corner of Frisco St and Pine Grove Rd. at approximately 1:30 a.m. on July 9...