The annual morale-building event for area fire departments took place at Booster Field in Willow Springs for the third consecutive year Saturday.
Howell County Fire Engine Rally 2026 Results
A meeting of the Mountain View Board of Aldermen quickly turned explosive as Mayor Karen Gaddy asked for the agenda to be approved -- an action which split the board's vote on the motion to approve.
Alderwoman Gail (Wallander) Oliver expressed concern that there was no revenue information...
Fall fish frys at Sacred Heart Church are back on Friday, October 23and 30. The Knights of Columbus are serving from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., dine in or carry out. $12 a plate for fish or shrimp, pinto beans, french fries, hush puppies, coleslaw & dessert.
Proceeds will assist the Knights in...
Financial recovery continues to be the focus of meetings of the Willow Springs R-4 school board. Board President Roger Shanks presided over the October 12 meeting where budget, enrollment, attendance, and district activities were subject under discussion.
Budget
The district is striving...
Incoming superintendent Matthew Orchard is continuing to track changes to public education handed down from the state school board, heard the board of the West Plains R-VII school district. Orchard’s update indicated the first round of grades in the new A-F grading system for school districts has...
The annual morale-building event for area fire departments took place at Booster Field in Willow Springs for the third consecutive year Saturday.
Howell County Fire Engine Rally 2026 Results
Reverse Hose Lay
Eleven Point Fire Department - 2:49:31
West Plains Fire Department - 3:...
The Miller name is well known to any runner in a 100 mile radius of West Plains. The family has an illustrious career of smashing records and claiming titles. Recently, a third Miller has broken the family running record at West Plains High School.
"It's been very cool to see how it has all...
During a closed session meeting held Tuesday, Oct. 5 the board of aldermen of the City of Mountain View appointed Jerica Will as the city's interim clerk. Will was sworn in by Kelly Waggoner on Wednesday of last week and assumed duties immediately, according to Mayor Karen Gaddy.
Mayor...
A Willow Springs man remains in custody after a SWAT team responded to remove him from a residence outside Willow Springs. As previously reported by Howell County News, Dayton Terrill-Austin, 29, was arrested by the Howell County SWAT team on September 27. He refused to exit his residence when...
Contest results:
G&W Chili Cook-Off
First Place: Sharleena Garlitz
Second Place: Pam Price
Third Place: Debbie Hook
Fourth Place: Anna Roberts
Quilt Contest
sponsored by the Willow Springs Church of Christ Quilt Ladies
Traditional
First Place - Della Crisp
Second...
After a recent order in Howell County Courts declaring West Plains’ Larry Lindeman indigent, the public defender’s office is pushing back. Seven months into the first-degree murder case Lindeman, the defendant has yet to secure a defense attorney.
Last week, the Honorable Robert Craig...
