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An October 2 Order from the Honorable Melissa Stewart in Shannon County Court declares the 2018 drowning death of Robbie Crites was not a crime. A West Plains man, Zachary D. Watson, 32, was charged with second degree murder, alongside two Shannon County residents: Austin Womack and Ronald...
Since 2012, West Plains Bank and Trust Company has offered community debit cards to customers. The cards feature designs for school districts where the bank has branches, Missouri State University – West Plains, and Ozarks Healthcare. Each time a card is used to make a purchase at a retailer, $0....
Caleb Rutledge, WSHS '15, has been appointed a judicial law clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge Justin D. Smith. The U.S. Court of Appeals hears appeals from the federal courts and agencies in the seven midwestern States within the Eighth Circuit. Its decisions can be reviewed only by the U.S. Supreme...
Seven months after a Howell County grand jury indicted Larry Lindeman, of West Plains, on a first-degree murder charge, the court has declared the defendant “indigent,” and will appoint a public defender to his case.
The Honorable R. Craig Carter entered the order last Thursday. As...
Howell County Sherriff’s deputies attempting to arrest a Willow Springs man on warrants called in the SWAT team for a Sunday night stand-off that ended in a peaceful arrest.
Dayton Terrill-Austin, 29, had active arrest warrants for possession and absconding from parole. The absconder...
Twenty-seven years after the original mural was completed, Michael McClure returned to recreate his work for future generations. In 1999, McClure and a group of community sponsors undertook a project to create a 28-by-10-foot mural of Willow Springs. The original mural featured historical figures...
Howell County News publisher and co-owner Amanda Mendez has been named the inaugural Journalist of the Year by the Missouri Press Association. In a September 27 phone interview, Mendez reflected, “I didn’t choose journalism. Instead, journalism chose me.” Prior to July of 2019 Mendez was a working-...
Texas County Memorial Hospital has successfully completed its Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) survey and received official notification last week that the hospital has passed its recertification.
The federal CLIA survey is conducted every two years and includes an onsite...
The Josiah Howell Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution held their third annual Picnic at Galloway Park in West Plains, Mo. on September 12. The event was well attended by JHSAR members including Ken Lawrence, the Missouri State President of the Sons of the American Revolution and his wife...