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Police Chief Wes Ellison presented a commendation to Officer Joe Barnhouse at the meeting of the Willow Springs Board of Aldermen Thursday night. Officer Barnhouse has been recognized for his service to Willow Springs Ambulance District by Administrator Jeff Ward, Chief Ellison said.
Chief Ellison...
Members and guests of the Mountain View Garden Club met on May 17 for the club's annual tour of five of the members gardens. This year the group enjoyed the gardens of Robi Tanner, Debbi McNew, Jeanne Roles, Hilary Connolly and Marty Toll. This is one of the many events, along with monthly...
The Mountain View Board of Aldermen met in a special meeting on June 6. During the meeting fire membership rates were discussed along with the Mountain View Police Department purchasing two patrol cars.
City Clerk Sara Chowning addressed the board about bringing a rate increase to the fire...
The Howell County Commission met on June 15.
The Commission’s only scheduled activity for the Thursday session was to consider bids for the purchase of road oil and/or asphalt for countywide use from June through September.
Agendas regularly include approving accounts payable and recognizing any...
A citywide boil order in West Plains last week was lifted Saturday, confirms Utilities Director Shayne Eades. The order began around 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 15.
There was never any presence of unsafe bacteria in the water supply, Eades told Howell County News. Rather, the boil order was...
Howell County News will not publish an issue on July 5, 2023. To take a planned break every January and July, we publish 50 issues a year.
As many of you may know, the publishers have small children and will be taking this time to rest and relax as a family before coming back in the July 12...
Honoring a tradition on the floor of the Missouri House of Representatives, freshman legislators arrived in Howell County “howling” Wednesday afternoon as they greeted our local representative, David Evans.
Nearly sixty newly elected Missouri state representatives enjoyed a lunch and...
Work to stabilize the building at 104 E. Main St. has been delayed as new owner, the Willow Springs Community Foundation, waits for a structural engineer’s report to proceed. WSCF Director Dean Aye appeared at a continued public hearing Thursday night to give an update on the building.
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A Dodge Charger whipped down the stretch of U.S. Highway 60 in Willow Springs last Sunday morning at a rate of 143 miles per hour. Unable to give pursuit at that speed, Officer Jim Hedlesten of the Willow Springs Police Department called ahead to neighboring agencies to the west, the driver’s...
The Howell County Health Department was on the scene within hours after a video was posted on social media seemingly depicting mouse activity in the dining room of Colton’s Steakhouse in West Plains. The video was posted at 4:14 p.m. on June 16. Inspector Justin Frazier arrived for inspection at 6:...