News
The Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation has opened the application window for $6,500 in educational scholarships for the fall 2018 academic year.
The 4-H and FFA sheep, goat, and swine weigh-in for the 2018 Heart of the Ozarks Fair will be Sunday, April 29, at the Heart of the Ozarks fairgrounds. The weigh-in will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Monday, April 23, from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Willow Springs United Methodist Church fellowship hall. The church is located at 311 N. Harris St., Willow Springs. For more information, call 1-800-RED-CRSS or visit redcrossblood.org and enter spons…
Hammond Mill Camp, Inc. is celebrating 70 years of hosting camps. The camp sits on 10 beautiful acres in Mark Twain National Forest where a CCC Camp originally stood. It is located on CC highway only 15 miles from West Plains.
Sports
Plans are underway for the 12th annual Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation Charitable Golf Tournament at Oakwood Golf Course in Houston on Saturday, June 9.
National Sports
Obituaries
Funeral services for Fred C. Heinecke, 85, Lawrence, Kan., for…
A Celebration of Life service will be held at a later date for…
Barbara Ann Haney was born on May 25, 1932, to Reverend Roy an…
Opinion
The Missouri House has voted to take more steps toward fighting opioid addiction with a focus on shifting the response to addiction from law enforcement and incarceration to treatment availability.
Attention Shannon County residents! The March 19, 2018, commissioners’ minutes report stated the commissioners agreed to help the City of Eminence, if their grant application gets approved, rebuild some streets in the heart of Eminence by hauling and laying 800 ton of material.
Your farm cannot survive by spending more than you make, neither can your business nor your household - the truth is, neither can your government, but politicians seem disinterested in fixing that problem regardless of what the repercussions may be. Over $21 trillion in debt and counting, th…
Arts & Entertainment
The Mountain View Public Library is having an open house Saturday, May 5, from 9 to 11 a.m. All are invited to stop by to see what is planned at the library for summer reading and throughout the summer. Guests may visit with a Paws to Read dog, play some games, watch project demonstrations …
The West Plains Theater Guild will present “Tuesday’s With Morrie” at the historic Star Theater in Willow Springs May 3, 4 and 6 and 11, 12 and 13. In “Tuesday’s With Morrie,” a journalist finds himself questioning his own life when his best friend, a dying man, offers him some very powerful…
Ozark Independent Living (OIL) will host its sixth annual Art Show Featuring Artists with Disabilities, May 15-29 at the West Plains Civic Center Gallery on the mezzanine.