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The Willow Springs Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the upcoming Downtown Holli-Day in Willow Springs. There are activities planned all day in Willow Springs to ring in the Christmas holiday season. Events are as follows:
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. - Pancakes with Santa located at the...
Over the last several weeks, the volume of information released by Willow Springs Police Department for the police blotter has declined significantly. What was formerly more than fifty pages of information has been condensed to just a few pages in recent weeks. Howell County News sat down with...
Filing for candidacy for the Willow Springs R-IV school district opens on Dec. 5 and will continue until Dec. 26. Current School Board President Mac Gum’s seat will be up for reelection, as will member Scott Foster’s. The vacant seat with a one-year term currently filled by Debbie Bryan is also up...
Road rage could have turned deadly over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon, a 911 call reported a road rage incident in Mountain Grove at 1:41 p.m. in which the driver, Christian Martin, 27, of Lebanon, allegedly brandished a pistol. The parties were driving on US highway 60 west of Mountain...
First responders and law enforcement answered a distress call that took a bizarre turn last week. A 911 call brought Willow Springs Fire Department and Willow Springs Ambulance to an address on County Road 3380 at approximately 4:00 p.m. on Nov. 8.
Initially, the call seemed like a rescue for an...
An Elk Creek woman is scheduled to appear in Texas County Courts next week on animal stealing and abuse charges. The investigation that led to charges for Megan Sizemore a/k/a Braun, 36, began in June.
Texas County Sheriff’s deputies were investigating a dog stolen from the victim’s front yard...
Community members across a 100-mile radius reported a strong odor of animal excrament during the early morning hours of Thursday, Nov. 9. Reports ranged from Winona to Mountain View to West Plains and further.
Where was the smell coming from? After some digging into the stinky situation a...
Howell County hunters bagged 1,692 deer during opening weekend, reports the Missouri Department of Conservation, the third most in the state. Only Texas and Franklin Counties had higher harvest numbers. 936 antlered bucks will find their way into freezers and onto trophy mounts from this weekend’s...
The Willow Springs Chamber of Commerce hosted a trunk or treat event in Booster Field for the first time this year. Despite shifting the Halloween festivities from the downtown block party atmosphere of recent years, the event proved to be extremely popular. Kids of all ages lined up to go trunk or...
State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for October 2023 declined 0.7 percent compared to those for October 2022, from $904.4 million last year to $898.3 million this year.
Net general revenue collections for 2024 fiscal year-to-date decreased 2.4...