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The Howell County Commission approved two grant applications for technology for the Sheriff's Office and local emergency management during meetings last week. The commission also held a long-scheduled Friday meeting to approve payroll.
The first grant discussion was for Grant 19-33 with...
Wages Brewing Company will close beginning Sunday while they move to the downtown West Plains area. The local brewery expects to be closed for the rest of 2024 and is planning to reopen in mid-January 2025 at their new location at 503 Washington Avenue. Owner Phil Wages spoke with Howell County...
It all comes down to money. Funding woes are the culprit with the declining conditions at the Noblett Lake recreation area outside of Willow Springs -- so explained United States Forest Service District Ranger Cody Lunsford last Thursday afternoon. A crowd of nearly twenty concerned locals...
The subject of a September 26 SWAT call may not face charges in Missouri, Shannon County Sheriff Darrin Brawley told Howell County News. Jimmy Jones, 39, remains in custody pending extradition to Colorado for multiple warrants for violent crimes.
“I’m not going to do anything to hold that...
Many recognize the southeast region of the state as Missouri's Bootheel, but did you know it is also at the center of one of the country's most active earthquake zones? The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) spans more than 100 miles and averages over 200 small earthquakes a year.
To prepare...
To celebrate the fall season with an added Halloween flair, the Yellow House Community Arts Center, located at 209 W. Trish Knight St. in West Plains, will be hosting a festival from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26. Dubbed “Josiah Howell-O-Ween Day” in honor of the founding family of...
Whether or not the city of Willow Springs, and by extension, the Willow Springs Police Department, has governance on the Highway 60/63 bypass has been the subject of some confusion. The board of aldermen heard an update on Thursday on City Hall’s attempts to establish and clarify the authority to...
A suicidal man was safely taken into custody and given treatment after a standoff with law enforcement. On September 13, shortly after 11:00 p.m., police officers and Howell County Sheriff deputies responded to a report of a suicidal man at a home in the 600 block of First Street in West Plains,...