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Ty's Take We've lost four good women this week—Virginia Adams, Betty Jean Riley, Janet Marie Moritz, and Sylvia Atkisson—and that's the kind of toll that reminds you how these hills hold their people close and tight. Meanwhile, the roads around us keep
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Ty's Take This week you've got everything from a 250th America parade down in Willow Springs to a murder case grinding to a halt, a veteran finding his way back through the VA, and some guy up in Alton who apparently decided to visit other people&
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Ty's Take Out here, we don't often get to see the machinery of justice work in our favor, but the decision to drop charges against that Arkansas man—a father who acted to protect his daughter—reminds us that sometimes the law catches up with what
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Ty's Take That million-dollar gift to the Community Foundation for MSU-West Plains scholarships shows what happens when people who made it out remember where they came from—and what happens when a regional university does right by the kids who can't afford to leave.
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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,