Chuck & Cherie TCMH honors Start 2021 on right Holmes celebrate over 50 track with ‘Go 50 years employees Farm’ market PEOPLE >> 3 NEWS >> 5 FARM >> 9 WEST PLAINS, HOWELL CO., MO | SINGLE COPY 50¢ Plus Tax WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30, 2020 117TH YEAR #258 /West.Plains.Daily.Quill /@wpquill /@wpquill Public help sought The Howell County Health Department on to fi nd missing man Tuesday reported 35 Officials with the Howell County Sheriff’s Department report a man new cases of COVID-19 has gone missing under suspicious circumstances. Ira Lee Briscoe, COVID-19, PAGE 4 25, was reported missing Dec. 23. He is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weigh- MISSOURI Total COVID-19 cases: ing 160 pounds, with blue eyes and 386,095. brown hair. The vehicle Briscoe was Change from last report: known to be driving is also missing, 9,656. according to Howell County Sheriff’s 55,000+: St. Louis County. Department Public Information Officer 25,000-54,999: Kansas Jennifer Harper. The car is described as City, St. Charles. a 1995 Mercury Sable with the license 20,000-24,999: Jackson. plate number of LC9-V1B. The original 15,000-19,999: Greene, St. color of the vehicle is silver, but inves- Louis City. tigators believe it has been spray painted black. Anyone with informa- 10,000-14,999: Boone. tion on the whereabouts of Briscoe or his vehicle is asked to contact 5,000-9,999: Buchanan, the Howell County Sheriff’s Office at 417-256-2544. COURTESY PHOTO Cape Girardeau, Cass, Christian, Clay, Cole, Franklin, Jasper, Jefferson, St. Francois. 2,500-4,999: Butler, Calla- way, Camden, Johnson, Remove, reuse or recycle Joplin, Lincoln, Newton, Pettis, Pulaski, Scott, Taney. Sanitation Department, DNR off er options for holiday cleanup 1,000-2,499: Adair, An- drew, Audrain, Barry, Ben- es by calling city hall, 256-7176, or fi shing pond to help improve ton, Clinton, Cooper, Craw- By Nicholas Haring or the Sanitation Department at fi sh habitat. ford, Dunklin, Henry, [email protected] 255-2330. DNR advises to only depose of Howell, Laclede, Lafayette, City residents who do not want Christmas trees in lakes or Lawrence, Livingston, With Christmas over and the to wait have another option: Be- ponds that are privately owned, Madison, Marion, McDon- new year fast just around the tween 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. week- with permission, and to remove ald, Miller, Mississippi corner, many households are be- days, they may take their trees all decorations before disposing Moniteau, Morgan, New SWINDELL ginning to pack holiday decora- directly to the Solid Waste Trans- them. Madrid, Nodaway, Osage, tions up until next year. As peo- fer Station on Old Airport Road. In rural areas, Christmas trees Pemiscot, Perry, Phelps, ple take down their decor, There will be no charge for this also make excellent brush piles Pike, Platte, Polk, Ran- Reported plenty of Christmas trees will disposal. for wildlife, DNR offi cials point dolph, Ray, Saline, Ste. soon be discarded. City offi cials ask that residents out. The brush piles can provide Genevieve, Stoddard, Christmas Day Offering one option to West disposing of their trees have all cover for small mammals, birds, Stone, Texas, Warren, Plains residents, city offi cials decorations removed from them. amphibians and reptiles. The an- Washington, Webster, fracas leads to announced sanitation crews will The Missouri Department of imals use the brush piles as Wright. be available Jan. 8 to pick up Natural Resources also has a few shelter, safe resting areas and a 500-999: Barton, Bates, assault charges Christmas trees at no cost for suggestions for disposal of un- places to nest and raise their Bollinger, Caldwell, Carroll, customers within city limits. wanted trees, such as using a young. Cedar, Dallas, DeKalb, To be added to the pickup list, chipping machine to create Dent, Douglas, Gascon- By Kimberly Langston residents can give their address- mulch, or putting trees in a lake RECYCLE, PAGE 4 ade, Gentry, Grundy, Har- [email protected] rison, Howard, Lewis, Ma- con, Monroe, Oregon, An Alton woman who al- Ralls, Ripley, Sullivan, Ver- legedly cut another wom- non, Wayne. an with a knife, then Under 500: Atchison, Cart- struck her with a vehicle From the West Coast to the Ozarks hills er, Chariton, Clark, Dade, during an altercation on Daviess, Hickory, Holt, Iron, Christmas Day is held Musician’s eclectic Knox, Linn, Maries, Mercer, without bond in the Thay- Montgomery, Ozark, Put- er city jail. blend refl ects life as nam, Reynolds, Schuyler, Rachael Swindell, 25, is Scotland, Shannon, Shel- charged with fi rst-degree he’s experienced it by, St. Clair, Worth. assault causing serious in- Deaths: 5,433. jury, fi rst-degree assault Change from last report: or attempt, and leaving the 117. scene of an accident that By Kimberly Langston ARKANSAS caused a physical injury. [email protected] Total COVID-19 cases: A counsel status hearing 216,528. was scheduled for today Robert Burton, 27, Change from last report: before 37th Judicial Cir- from Thayer, was born in 1,651. cuit Court Judge Harvey California and moved to 20,000+: Pulaski, Washing- Shane Allen in Oregon the area when he was 10. ton. County, according to court He admits the move was 15,000-19,999: Benton. records. a bit of a culture shock, 5,000-9,999: Craighead, Oregon County Sheriff's but says his music is in- Faulkner, Garland, Jeffer- Deputy Grey Huddleston fl uenced by elements son, Pope, Saline, Sebas- reported he was en route from both worlds. tian. at about 7:34 p.m. to a “I have always been COURTESY PHOTO 2,500-4,999: Crawford, home off of Highway 19 in into music,” he recol- “YOUNG REVV,” also known as Robert Burton of Thayer, is a California native Crittenden, Greene, Hot Alton to investigate a fi ght lects. “I walked around breaking into the country rap genre with several singles available for a listen Spring, Independence, in progress when a dis- with a cassette player at on all major streaming platforms. His infl uences range from classic artists Jackson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Miller, Mississippi, St. Fran- patcher informed him the 9 or 10, and could recite like Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings to country rap artists Upchurch and reporting party had called entire album lyrics.” cis, White. Colt Ford. back to say the alleged vic- Burton is a musician, 1,000-2,499: Arkansas, tim had been rammed by and plays guitar and pi- Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Car- ano. outlaw country artists gles with addiction and wards it brings. roll, Chicot, Clark, Clay, CHARGES, PAGE 4 He has an eclectic like Cody Jinks, plus depression. The country “The Hurricane” is Cleburne, Columbia, Con- taste in genres. classic country artists music infl uences can be about his relationship way, Cross, Drew, Franklin, “I love all kinds of mu- Merle Haggard and Way- heard in the guitar mel- and the support he has Grant, Hempstead, How- sic,” he observes, but he lon Jennings. Country ody that runs through it. gotten from his mother, ard, Izard, Johnson, Law- has gravitated toward rap is a genre that has “Cocaine” samples while “Be Alone” is rence, Lee, Logan, Ouachi- country because it is re- really exploded, he says. Lewis Capaldi's “Some- about needing time to ta, Phillips, Poinsett, Polk, latable living in a rural He draws upon real life one You Loved” with fe- oneself. He has released Randolph, Sevier, Sharp, area, and hip hop be- experiences for his sub- male vocals, and is about 10 singles to date; the Union, Yell. cause he likes to tell sto- ject matter. overcoming addiction. It upcoming 11th track will 500-999: Bradley, Cleve- ries, and sees that style “Just like anybody treats the relationship complete an album titled land, Desha, Fulton, Little as the easiest way to else, everything I write with that addiction as if “Backroad Sermon.” River, Madison, Marion, convey those stories. is a window to my strug- it were a person, but it All are available on Nevada, Newton, Pike, Young Revv is his gles,” he confesses. is also a farewell to that streaming platforms via Prairie, Scott, Stone, Van stage name. Though not “Back In Time,” has a lifestyle and includes Amazon Prime Music, Buren. a reverend in the usual nostalgic feel to it, refer- references about motiva- iTunes, Google Play, Spo- Under 500: Calhoun, Dal- sense, Burton was or- encing ‘90s pop culture. tion to stay clean. tify and Pandora, and las, Lafayette, Monroe, dained as a minister to The song, which he says Burton is now a mar- Burton also is on You- Montgomery, Perry, Searcy, perform a friend's wed- has had airtime on Ca- ried father of three, Tube under “Young Woodruff. ding ceremony, and is a nadian radio, is about and the song touches Revv.” He can also be Deaths: 3,537. Christian. his youth and childhood upon leaving one life found on Facebook, @ Change from last report: Some of his current in- and “going back to a bet- for a better, healthier YoungRevvOffi cial; Ins- 55. fl uences are Jelly Roll, ter time.” one and stepping up to tagram, @youngrevv_of- Source: Local health de- Adam Calhoun, Up- Another of his songs, the responsibility of fa- fi cial; and Twitter, @real- partments and state CO- church, Colt Ford, and “Voices,” is about strug- therhood and the re- rev123. VID-19 dashboards. From Page One 4 Classifi eds 6, 7 THURS.39 INDEX © Obituaries 4 Amusements 8 2020 Phillips Media Group 34 Records 2 All Rights Reserved People 3 News 5 Farm 9 USPS (675-740) Public Notices 6 Sports 10 W.P.