Article From UM Extension David Burton: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missourians reported 84,398 acts of neighboring during 2026, shattering the statewide goal of 50,000 and more than doubling the number reported during Missouri Good Neighbor Week in 2025. The results were announced on Friday, October 9, following Missouri Good Neighbor Week, (Sept. 28–Oct. 4), along with […]

From Willow Springs Schools:   This morning one of our buses was involved in a minor accident. While running a morning route, a driver partially left the roadway and struck a mailbox. Students were on the bus at the time of the incident and the parents of all students involved were contacted promptly.   All […]

AVA, Mo. —  On September 29, during a Wright County criminal docket, Circuit Judge Craig Carter sentenced Kevin H. Hansen, 56, Ava, to 12 years in prison for the class D felony of Possession of Methamphetamine as a prior and persistent drug offender in case 26WR-CR00453 after Hansen entered a plea of guilty.  This case […]

(This article comes courtesy of MissouriNet, via author Mathew Pilger.) President Donald Trump’s plan to send some Medicare recipients a one-time $90 payment could leave out a large number of older Missourians, according to the Missouri Council on Aging. The payment is intended to help eligible Medicare recipients cover Part B premiums. Anna Thompson with […]

Looking to keep their momentum going the Willow Springs Bears were on the road Friday night at Houston, taking on the the Tigers.  It was a hard fought evenly matched game from start to finish, with neither team able to take total control over the game.   With more on the game, here’s Curtis Ballou With […]

FEATURED PET OF THE DAY- Meet Sharma! A 2-year old Domestic Shorthair & Tabby Mix who is available for adoption through The Humane Society of North Central Arkansas. Sharma loves sunny window ledges and long strokes on her back. But more than anything; she loves when she feels most at home. In her shelter home, […]

Ava, MO. — Area livestock producers and farmers will have an opportunity to visit with University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Elizabeth Picking during the Ava Growers Market on Saturday, Oct. 10. Picking, a field specialist in livestock with MU Extension, will be available from 10 a.m. to noon at the gazebo on the Ava […]

The West Plains Lady Zizzer Golf team is headed to State after finishing second in the Class 3 district 3 golf meet held at the West Plains Country Club yesterday the Lady Zizzer team shot a score of 376 the First place team score of 360 was shot by Carl Jct. And the 2026 Class […]

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Major League Baseball has proposed shortening the regular season and increasing the division series to a seven-game format. The proposals were part of negotiations with the MLB Players Association over a new collective bargaining agreement. If agreed to, the regular season would go from 162 games to 154. The reduction in games would give teams […]