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Ty's Take Milan Mimcilovic turning down the NBA draft to play college ball at Kentucky tells you something about West Plains and what this town can build when it decides to do something right—a kid with legitimate pro options choosing the long road instead, and choosing to
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Ty's Take Mike Leach never coached a down in Missouri, but he'd have understood this country—the kind of man who built something unconventional out of nothing much, talked straight, and didn't apologize for it. That the Hall of Fame ballot has him on
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Ty's Take It's been a rough stretch on the roads around here—five crashes in a week, a woman dead down in Flippin, people hurt on the highway near Ava, and that's just what made the scanner. Summer's coming and so are
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Ty's Take You don't have to follow college sports real close to know what Missouri State-West Plains means to this county—the Zizzers bring opportunity and a pipeline to something bigger for kids who might not otherwise have it, and when the Big 12 moves,
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Ty's Take Anybody who's watched West Plains grow over the last decade knows it runs on people showing up and doing the work—the school folks, the civic groups, the ones who see something needs doing and step in. This week's got that feeling
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Ty's Take When a place like West Plains opens its doors to help kids who've had rough starts—adoptees without family anchors, kids needing structure and care—it's supposed to be a last resort that actually works. The stories coming out of that taxpayer-
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Ty's Take You hear about that Norfork woman who nearly got taken by a scam, and you're glad the deputies caught it in time—that's the kind of thing that doesn't make the news until it's too late for somebody
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Ty's Take Good to see the sheriff's office picking up that Blue Shield designation—it's the kind of credential that doesn't make headlines in the way a big arrest does, but it matters more to the people living here. Standards for training,
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Ty's Take Monday's Road to Remember ceremony will draw folks who've made the hard walk to that wall, and this week Willow Springs is putting out the welcome mat with Music on Main and getting ready for their Fourth parade—the kind of summer
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Ty's Take Two people dead on the roads this weekend, another from whatever was happening in that house in Squires, and a young man from Mountain View gone Saturday night—that's the kind of stretch that reminds you how fast things can turn out here, how
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Ty's Take The ACC numbers floating around this week—those $47 million payouts to member schools—remind you why a place like West Plains has to think hard about its own economy and what keeps the lights on. We're not in that conference, and we'
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Ty's Take You see a city council willing to ask voters to fund themselves a little better, a nonprofit landing real money to do the work that keeps this county stitched together, and somewhere in the same news cycle, a locked-out workforce at Leonardo DRS heading into