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• Joan Opal Vaughan July 30, 2025
  Joan Opal Vaughan A memorial service for Joan Opal Vaughan, 81, Spokane, Missouri, formerly of West Plains, will be announced at a later date.  Mrs. Vaughan passed away at 10:08 p.m., Monday, July 28, 2025, at her home. She was born March 22, 1944, at Moody, Missouri, to Emlis Clayton (Mike) Strickland and Grace Opal […]
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• A Life Skills Primer: Sewing July 30, 2025
  Today we’re putting out something a little different with May Schmidt of the West Plains Senior Center. In this video and another to come out soon, we want to show people that learning something new doesn’t have to be a big task. Today May will give you the basics when it comes to sewing and […]
  Daniel Williams
• Sex Offender Arrested in Baxter County on Numerous Charges July 30, 2025
  A sex offender registered with the Sheriff’s Office was arrested this morning, July 30th, after Sheriff’s Deputies served a search warrant at his residence on Baxter CR 30.      The Sheriff’s Office sex offender registration coordinator, Deputy Tanner Anderson, received credible information to believe that firearms were located at the residence of 64 year old […]
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• Featured Pet of The Day- ‘Winter’ July 30, 2025
  FEATURED PET OF THE DAY– While her name may be Winter, her heart is as warm as a hot summer day. Winter is a 1-year-old Terrier mix with a heart as warm as a summer day. If you enjoy active play; for instance, spending an abundance of time outdoors, she may be your perfect companion. […]
  Dylan Groves
• Mountain Home Lockeroom Baseball Team Brings Home First State Title Since 1997 July 30, 2025
  BRYANT, ARKANSAS-For the first time in 28 years, The Mountain Home Lockeroom Baseball Team took home a win in the Arkansas AAA American Legion State Championship by a score of 11-8 in the final game against the Fort Smith Sportsman after a four-game sweep. According to the Lockeroom’s 42-year Head Coach, Kevin White; “With the […]
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• Shannon County Sherriff’s Department Makes a Drug Arrest on Tuesday July 30, 2025
  On July 29, 2025, the Shannon County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jacob C. King for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) — a Class D Felony under Missouri law.   King is currently being held on a $5,000 corporate surety bond, with court-ordered weekly drug testing through Southern Missouri Probation Services at his own expense.   […]
  James Hurtt
• Beverly Ann Cope July 30, 2025
  Beverly Ann Cope Funeral services for Beverly Ann Cope, 79, Republic, Missouri, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 2, 2025, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Mrs. Cope passed away Thursday, July 24, 2025, at Cox South Medical Center, Springfield, Missouri. She was born November 9, 1945, at West Plains, […]
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• Jo Marie Taylor July 30, 2025
  Memorial services will be Sunday, August 3, 2025, beginning at 2:00 PM at Salem First Baptist Church in Salem, Arkansas, with Bro. Tyler Fox officiating. Jo Marie Taylor, 62, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2025. She was born in Greenville, Mississippi on August 16, 1962, daughter of Joseph Orr and […]
  Dylan Groves
• Virginia Watkins July 30, 2025
  Memorial services for Virginia Watkins, Age 82 of Cherokee Village, Arkansas will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 23rd, 2025. Virginia Arlene Watkins, 82, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, went home to be with the Lord on July 7, 2025, following a courageous and swift battle with lung cancer. She was born January 16, 1943 […]
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• Charles Hamilton Whitledge July 30, 2025
  Funeral services for Charles Hamilton Whitledge, Age 100 of Salem, Arkansas will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday August 2, 2025, at Barker Funeral Home in Salem, Arkansas with Bro. Mike Yates officiating. Visitation will be 12:00 P.M. until time of service on Saturday August 2, 2025, at Barker Funeral Home in Salem, Arkansas. Interment will be […]
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