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Judge William T. Hass recently attended the 2025 Annual Courts Conference of the Missouri Municipal and Associate Circuit Judges Association (MMACJA) held at Lake of the Ozarks. Judge Hass is the 37th ...

East of West Plains, along US Highway 63, the tornado ripped the roof off of Bell's Body Shop, demolished a home, and destroyed part of Fiddlestick's Flea Market, ripping the roof from the building, ...

On April 9, a teen girl was sexually assaulted by a 15-year-old boy in Scott’s residence. The child told Willow Springs Police that Scott provided her with alcohol that she believes was drugged. She ...

The pool is officially set to open for the 2025 season on Saturday, May 24. The board of aldermen passed the pool rates for the 2025 season. Those rates are as follows: Individual-$60; two-member ...

Citations January 17 Franklin Meek, 68, Mountain View, lighting violation. January 21 Lester Foulk, 61, Birch Tree, lighting violation. Zane Smith, 18, Willow Springs ...

The Mountain View Public Library presents Imagine Your Story for summer reading 2020. Sign up begins June 1 and program ends July 17. The program is a little different this year because all ...

Being some of the first commercial buildings erected in Willow Springs, the business buildings on Center were among the first to deteriorate to the point of needing to be taken down. First Street ...

The Willow Springs Bank was organized in 1890 and erected a brick building at the corner of Center and Second Streets in 1893, complete with the city well and water pump in the middle of the road in ...

Rens is an accomplished men's and women's volleyball coach with more than 15 years of NCAA I head coaching experience. He has held head coaching positions at several universities, including Georgetown ...