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The Howell County Sheriff’s Office announced last week that the department will start sending surveys after “certain types of interactions with dispatchers or deputies.” The surveys will be sent via SMS text message and will feature “a few” questions about citizen satisfaction after contact with...
A deer hunt turned to tragedy for a Pomona man. Howell County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a missing adult near Pomona on Nov. 18, the second Saturday of deer season. According to information from HSCO, the reporting party said her father had gone deer hunting earlier that...
Ozark Artery, in partnership with The Yellow House, is set to host its Second Annual Ozark Artery Art Show Competition. Entries for the show will be accepted Nov. 29, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Yellow House, located at 209 W. Trish Knight St. in West Plains. All mediums are welcome by...
Governor Mike Parson signed Executive Order 23-10 on November 17, extending Missouri's drought alert until May 1, 2024.
Currently, the U.S. Drought Monitor indicates that all or portions of at least 85 Missouri counties are experiencing moderate, severe, or extreme drought conditions. The...
Twenty-one members and four guests attended the November 11 DKG Gamma Phi meeting at the Cabool United Methodist Church. President Suzette Litwiller of Ava, called the meeting to order. She led the Pledge of Allegiance and gave a Veteran's tribute in recognition of Veteran's Day. Cabool member,...
When the City of Willow Springs voted to loan $100,000 of public money to the Willow Springs Community Foundation on Oct. 30, it was an unprecedented move. As such, during the regular meeting of the board of aldermen on Thursday, the board passed a new ordinance defining “public purpose” and the...
For the fourth year in a row, The Chaos Closet is sponsoring a storage unit for the 37th Circuit Children’s Division.
When children enter residential care, they’re not able to take any personal belongings with them whether it be a bike, toys, sentimental items or anything in between. Sadly, as...
Arguments broke out, one alderman resigned, and another said he hoped to resign at the recent meeting of the Mountain View Board of Aldermen. The meeting began with Mayor John Krasuski asking for an amendment to the evening’s agenda to allow Dwain Hockman to speak on the city administrator...
A full calendar year has passed since Howell County began collecting an additional quarter cent sales tax for law enforcement services. Voters passed the tax in April of 2022. Collections began in October 2022, and revenue started to hit the county’s books in December 2022.
This month,...
A fire consumed more than three hundred acres of national forest last week. According to Willow Springs Fire Chief Vance Farmer, the fire was within his department’s district, but because it was on government land, firefighters from the United States Forest Service quickly took over the...