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The response of Missouri college presidents to desegregation in 1950 will be the topic of a Black History Month presentation Feb. 27 hosted by the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP).   The presentation by Larry Gragg, a Curators'...
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On Thursday, Jan. 25, Texas County Deputies responded to a burglary on Timberhill Road in the Raymondville area. During the investigation the homeowner provided pictures of the suspect captured on surveillance cameras. The Texas County Sheriff’s Office posted the pictures on social media seeking...
Westbound Route 60 in Howell County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform shoulder repairs.    This section of roadway is located from County Road 2990 to Route Y in Mountain View, Missouri.      Weather permitting, work will take place Tuesday...
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Nine members of the Mountain View Garden Club convened at the Mountain View Community Center on January 24 for its monthly meeting. The program, titled "Winter Sowing" was led by member and Master Gardener Judy Rhine. Rhine explained how to convert an old, but clean gallon sized milk jug into a...
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The Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorney’s [MAPA] recently recognized the Honorable David Evans, Representative of District 154, and Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, as its 2023 Legislative Champion. Members of the Association were pleased to inform Representative Evans of this...
In the January 31 edition of the Howell County News, the article “Two run for state senate seat,” reported, “[State Rep. Travis] Smith reports that he is endorsed by the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, the National Rifle Association, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, and the Missouri Farm Bureau...
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Downtown Willow Springs celebrated a new business in a Main Street storefront with a ribbon cutting for Everything Longarm on Thursday. Doug and Heather Cartwright are the owners of this longarm quilting machine shop that provides, “An unbiased approach to selecting the Longarm quilting machine...
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Jordan McClanahan and Bonnie Wheeler of Alton, MO, are the parents of a baby boy, Cooper Cole McClanahan. He was born Jan. 8, 2024, at 7 a.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces and was 19 inches long. His siblings are Abrianna, 14, Jaxon, 7, Sabastian, 7, Ethan, 6, and Oliver, 4...
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The Willow Springs Chamber of Commerce hosted a “Boots and Bling” themed banquet over the weekend and distributed their annual awards. Taking place at Pine Meadows Venue for the second consecutive year, the event featured a meal by Leslie’s Catering and musical stylings by Willow Springs native...

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