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The Howell County Adult Drug Court is pleased to announce its 29th graduation ceremony for participants in the Adult Drug Court. The ceremony was held at the courthouse in West Plains on Oct. 18.
The graduate was recognized for her successful completion of the program’s stringent requirements,...
The Christian Outreach Center in Mountain View hosted a Grand Opening Saturday, October 15. Attendees at the event at 355 East Fifth St. enjoyed a ribbon cutting and refreshments.
The Center is sponsored by the Christian Women's Connection (CWC) group of the First Church of God in an effort to...
Anyone connected with Willow Springs can probably tell you where they were on the afternoon of July 30, 2019 when they heard the news of the crash that claimed the lives of Zach White and Jonah Smith. Last week, an arbitration panel issued an award in the families' civil suit against the Missouri...
Efrem Slavik, 21, of Winder, GA was clocked at 163 miles per hour as he traveled Westbound on U.S. Highway 60 Friday morning.
“It looked like he’d been shot out of a gun,” commented Willow Springs Police Officer Jim Hedlesten.
Officer Hedlesten was on duty, and observed the 2018 BMW M3 pass...
The Mountain View Police Department has located the owner of the trucking company whose vehicle caused the fire that burned the R-III School District's bus barn to the ground Thursday morning. As of press time, the individual driver has not been identified, but the company did confirm their truck...
Residents of South Central Ozark Council of Governments (region 17) will have an opportunity to weigh in on state plans to get every Missourian online when officials from the Missouri Office of Broadband Development visit West Plains, MO on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the...
Alfred Bridges, 73, of Pomona, was the subject of an endangered silver advisory last week. Information from the Howell County Sheriffs Office and Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that Bridges was last seen on Oct. 10 outside his residence loading his dogs into his vehicle. He was presumed...
It was time to pay up. Saturday morning saw a fitting finale to the wager made during the Bear City Fall Festival between local law enforcement and firefighters. During the annual festival, the two groups competed during a fundraiser sponsored by Howell County News to raise money for Bears for a...
The City of Mountain View has parted ways with Fire Chief Stanley Murphy following the regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen. The aldermen withdrew into closed session at 7:11 p.m. on Oct. 11. Minutes of the closed session record that both Police Chief Jamie Perkins and former Chief Stanley...
A group of animal lovers are seeking to address the stray cat problem in Willow Springs. Called the Willow Springs Friends of Ferals, the group is raising money to trap, neuter, and release (TNR) the alley cats in town.
Founding member Emmy Jensen told Howell County News the effort is "...