Doris Mae Roberts, a resident of West Plains (formerly of Willow Springs), passed away Friday, July 18, 2025, while at Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains, MO., due to natural causes.

10 a.m. Old-fashioned Fourth of July Parade The parade route is running backwards this year. The parade will begin at Ferguson St. and wind down Main to Booster Field.

A West Plains native is facing charges in Arkansas and is making headlines in national news outlets for allegations that she facilitated “fight club”-style violence among special needs students at the ...

Arrests May 26 Santiago Ramirez Castro, 24, domestic assault – second degree, ICE detainer David Edward Brege.

Justin M. Kimbell, 41, of Mountain View, is currently on probation for a DWI crash with injuries.

Lawyers for Lance Shockley, the Van Buren man sentenced to death in the 2005 shooting death of Sergeant Carl D. Graham, Jr.

The 2025 All-SCA Softball honors have been announced. First Team - Pitcher: Hunter Strunk of Ava, and McKenzie Morris of Thayer.

Citations May 16 Elisabeth Luye, 51, Mountain View, harassment (2 incidents), trespass Matthew Paige, 38, Fordland, seatbelt violation Noah Taylor, 19, Eminence, driving while license revoked or suspe ...

The 2025 season of the Willow Springs Water Park will begin this Saturday, May 24 and last until August 17. Hours are Monday through Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

A Mountain View mother is suing the Mountain View-Birch Tree School District, claiming the school violated her son’s Constitutional rights and permanently marked him a cyber bully.

The West Plains School District as released the dates of the 2025 Summer School weights schedule and assignments.

A group of young students from Willow Springs were kept safe during the tornado events earlier this month thanks to the quick thinking of their bus driver.