West Plains News

Missouri State University-West Plains is one of 150 four-year and two-year colleges recently recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education's 2009 Great Colleges to Work For program, a news release from the university said.

College of the Ozarks has announced 13 baseball recruits for the upcoming season.

This Fourth of July weekend is my favorite special event at the West Plains Motor Speedway.

Two people were injured Friday night when two vehicles collided head-on in Howell County.

There were few firecracker-related injuries in Springfield Friday. St. John's Hospital treated two people with injuries, said hospital spokesperson Cora Scott.

WEST PLAINS, Mo. - Dustin and Abbey Bonham of West Plains are the parents of a daughter, Kaysen Paige Bohham, born June 15, 2009, at Ozarks Medical Center.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot of a helicopter that crashed near the Norfork Dam last year failed to maintain clearance of power lines.

Longtime West Plains, Mo., newspaper man Frank L. Martin III is to be inducted into the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame in October at the Missouri Press Association's 143rd annual convention.

Two children suffered serious injuries Thursday and another child suffered minor injuries when the all-terrain vehicle they were riding on a Birch Tree street collided with a pickup, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Five Missouri journalists are being inducted into the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame.

The Hopper Environmental Services Exterminators split a pair of games Thursday at West Plains, Mo.

Q: What are the 'Dog Days of Summer'? A: In ancient times, it was the period when Sirius, the dog star, was the brightest in the heavens.

" The days have been hot for the Missouri Army National Guard's 1138th Military Police Company, recently in training for impending deployment at Camp Clark in Nevada, Mo.

Gov. Jay Nixon's sudden support of a multimillion- dollar state bonding program for capital improvements to public facilities is being met with skepticism from lawmakers.

Republican state Sen. Kurt Schaefer today suggested Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon slash part of a state subsidy to two battery makers in Joplin and Lee's Summit and reduce the scope of a $111 million overhaul of the state's emergency radio system to pay for a cancer center in his district.

WEST PLAINS, Mo. - Chris Bales and Lynsey Johnson of Bakersfield, Mo., are the parents of a son, Tyson Allen Bales, born May 25, 2009, at Ozarks Medical Center.

WEST PLAINS, Mo. - The 27th annual Spring Bluegrass Festival, sponsored by the Heart of the Ozarks Bluegrass Association, begins today and continues through Saturday at the HOBA bluegrass park.

A Birch Tree woman thrown from a car as it crashed on U.S. 60 Friday died of her injuries in a Springfield hospital this morning, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Students entered in the kindergarten through second grade division were, from left: Teagan Broderick, Gracyn Blackburn, Payton Lynne, Golda Biby; NovaLee Newkirk, Taylor Morgan, Jaden Lane, Lori Ellison, Jaxon Britt; and Cooper High, Blakely Morrison, Garrett Eichler.

Areawide Media is among several media outlets who are the victims of a Missouri woman charged with stealing.