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Traditional jig dancing will again be featured at this year's Old-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival in downtown West Plains. The Bob Holt National Jig Dancing Competition will take place at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 3, in the Civic Center arena. Bring your dancing shoes and join in!
The Old-...
The Missouri Department of Revenue has announced the upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP) of the license office in Gainesville, Missouri, located at 98 First Street, Gainesville, MO 65655. Bids will start being accepted May 10, and must be submitted by May 23.
For a list of bid opportunities and...
On April 28, Investigators with the West Plains Police Department arrested Dustin Jewell of West Plains for numerous catalytic converter thefts over several months. A search warrant was served at Jewell’s residence, and several items of stolen property were located.
Jewell faces three counts of...
Texas County Memorial Hospital ended 2022 in a “financially strong position” hospital board members heard at their monthly meeting on Tuesday.
David Taylor, senior manager at Forvis, LLP of Springfield, MO presented the annual financial audit report at the meeting.
Taylor noted three positive...
Jobe and Kayla Hurst of Mammoth Spring, AR, are the parents of a baby boy, Wyatt Kayce Lee Hurst. He was born March 17, 2023, at 6:17 a.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 6 pounds 1 ounce and was 19 and 1/2 inches long. His siblings are Abel, 9, Elizabeth, 7, and Klayton, 6. His grandparents are...
The Mountain View Community Betterment plans to hold several events for the month of May and June to help Mountain View.
On Tuesday, May 16, the group plans to hold the first Lend a Hand in Mtn. View with a free dinner. The dinner will be held at the Mountain View Community Center with doors...
The Howell County Commission met on May 4. There was no meeting Monday for Truman Day.
On Thursday, the Commission was scheduled to meet with the Sheriff’s Office regarding two grants for that department. This meeting also included lengthy discussion on a topic that was not on the day’s agenda...
Jackson Thomas Bailey, son of John and Valerie Bailey of Willow Springs, announces his engagement to Grace Anne Marie Shockley, daughter Brad and Katie Shockley of Cabool. The upcoming nuptials are tentatively set for June 2024.
The Willow Springs Chamber of Commerce hosted their first Kentucky Derby-themed event Saturday night at Foster’s Outback. Complete with (non-alcoholic) mint juleps, a brisket dinner, and a 50/50 raffle on the outcome of the race, the event was a fitting Ozarks homage to the world-famous horse race...
Howell County has settled a legal dispute with Bank of America, N.A. over the surplus proceeds of property sold on the courthouse steps in 2014.
The pending suit Bank of America brought against the county was dismissed on April 25, and as such, entered the public record. Via a formal Sunshine...