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State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for October 2024 decreased 0.8 percent compared to those for October 2023, from $898.3 million last year to $890.9 million this year.
Net general revenue collections for 2025 fiscal year-to-date declined 3.3...
In our third annual salute to veterans, Howell County News readers honored these Americans by submitting photos and details of the servicemembers pictured here.
September
Pizza Shack, West Plains, violations: 1. Equipment for cold holding does not meet requirements as evidenced by 2 door cooler at 45 during inspection. Re-inspection date 9/29/24
Holiday Inn Express and Suites, West Plains: no violations
Hibby’s Sports Grill, West Plains: violations...
A Summersville man arrested last week has received multiple charges involving firearm and drug related crimes. Dayton Andre Terrill-Austin, 27, was arrested by Howell County Sheriff's deputies on November 3, 2024, at Snappy Mart 51, near the intersection of MO 14 and US 63 in West Plains.
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Well-wishers and supporters turned out by the hundred Saturday night to attend a benefit dinner and auction for Sharry Lovan of Willow Springs. Lovan, a well-known figure in the local bluegrass and gospel music scene as well as in the Willow Springs community at large, was diagnosed with breast...
The first annual meeting of the Willow Springs Rural Fire Protection Association (WSRFPA) in recent memory took place on Saturday, Nov. 2. Couched in the annual tradition of the chili supper fundraiser, this year’s business meeting lasted only three minutes.
Board member Dean Aye called...
After nearly three years since his arrest, a former sheriff's deputy and school resource officer has been sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison for sex crimes committed with a child. Rob Pilkington, age 57, was sentenced to a total of 50 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for...
Roads and bridges across Missouri took a beating as more than six inches of rain fell across parts of the state. In Howell County, many people saw up to nine inches of water in their home rain gauges. The rain brought with it flooding, washing out county roads, damaging bridges, and spurring 9-1-...
Howell County News will host a community forum on public safety at the Star Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 5 at 6:00 p.m.
The Willow Springs Police Department and Fire Department personnel and city leadership will hear and answer public comments. Everyone is invited to attend, raise concerns,...
The past and present united on the deck of the USS Yorktown during a graduation ceremony held May 3, 2024 in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. It was not just any graduation ceremony. Robert Mantel III was graduating from the U.S. Navy's Nuclear Academy on the same ship where his grandfather,...