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• Teachers Abused Autistic Child Multiple Times While Others Watched According to Probable Cause Statements August 17, 2022
  West Plains, Mo. – A non-verbal autistic child was abused multiple times by staff at the Ozark Horizon State School in West Plains in March of this year. Three of the staff had been fired after the incidents and three others were fired following an investigation. As of August 10, 2022, those six individuals are now […]
  Nate Hudson
• Tecumseh Man Charged with Making Threat to Arizona Election Official August 17, 2022
  WASHINGTON – A Missouri man was indicted yesterday for allegedly leaving a voicemail containing a threat on the personal cell phone of an election official in the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office in Maricopa County, Arizona. Walter Lee Hoornstra, 50, of Tecumseh, is charged with one count of communicating an interstate threat and one count of […]
  Nate Hudson
• MDC managed waterfowl reservations for fall open Sept. 1 August 17, 2022
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announces its managed waterfowl hunts for this hunting season. The pre-season reservation period will run Sept. 1-18 with results posted Oct. 1. The in-season weekly drawings will take place on Monday afternoons with a seven-day application period that opens the Tuesday before and closes the […]
  Nate Hudson
• Missouri State Highway Patrol Issues Press Release on New Law Legislation August 17, 2022
  Missouri – The MSHP has issued a press release regarding recent changes to Law and Legislation. The full release can be read as is below and outlaws quite a few different topics. —————————————————————————————————————————— The abbreviated descriptions below are intended to make the public aware of some of the new legislation enacted by the Missouri General […]
  Daniel Williams
• Never Too Late: Community Senior Citizens Can Take College Classes Under Fee Waiver Program August 17, 2022
  West Plains, MO. – Area residents aged 62 and over who would like to take a class at Missouri State University-West Plains during the 2022 fall semester can do so under the Senior Citizen Fee Waiver Program. Senior citizens can register beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at the registration and records office in […]
  Daniel Williams
• Missouri Senate Bill 681 Makes Changes for the 2023-24 School Year August 17, 2022
  Jefferson City, MO. – Senate Bill 681 is this year’s omnibus education legislation. A vast number of changes will go into effect with the 2023-24 school year with some focused on safety of drinking water and others lowering the bar to become a substitute teacher, instituting a “Holocausts Education Week”, the B.R.I.T.E. Act, and substance abuse […]
  Nate Hudson
• Final Defendant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines August 17, 2022
  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A former Springfield woman pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to her role in a conspiracy to transport tens of thousands of stolen catalytic converters from Missouri to Mountain Home, Arkansas as part of a multi-million-dollar business. Danielle Ice, 34, of Columbia, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool […]
  Nate Hudson
• Six West Plains State School Staff Facing Child Abuse Charges August 17, 2022
  West Plains, MO. – Current investigations and charges are being focused around the State School, Ozarks Horizon in West Plains, regarding reports of assault of a 13-year-old with autism. The school fired the individuals involved in the investigation when it started. It appears that an investigator provided information of police surveillance of the incident. Charged with […]
  Daniel Williams
• Howell County Sheriff’s Departments Arrests for August 11-16, 2022 August 16, 2022
  Nate Hudson
• Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Caleb Piatt joins Ozarks Healthcare August 16, 2022
  WEST PLAINS, MO – Ozarks Healthcare recently welcomed Dr. Caleb Piatt, orthopedic surgeon, to Ozarks Healthcare Orthopedics and Spine as a new provider. Piatt joins Dr. Troy Caron, Dr. Susan Jolly, and Dr. Edwin Roeder in providing complete bone and joint care through surgical and non-surgical treatment. “The recent addition of Dr. Piatt to our […]
  Nate Hudson