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Missouri Governor Mike Parson made his final visit to West Plains last week. He will be leaving office on December 31. The purpose of his visit was to attend the ceremonial ground-breaking of the long-anticipated overpass at the Burlington Northern Railroad line crossing on Independence Drive...
Two people from Dora have been arrested and charged with gun and drug offenses following a traffic stop in West Plains. Cyon T. Patterson, 42, and Ciera R. Ince, 34, were arrested by West Plains Police on October 1 and are currently being held in the Howell County Jail.
The couple was...
The Howell County Commission met last week to hear a bid for roadwork and to set up accounting for a law enforcement grant. Presiding Commissioner Ralph Riggs was absent this week and is expected to return to regular meetings on October 17.
On Monday, the Commission opened sealed bids for...
The West Plains City Council met in special session on September 30 to approve a building permit and discuss two bills. The permit was for the construction of a Dollar General, and the bills covered a program with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and ending a tax increment...
A West Plains resident addressed the City Council last week on heavy traffic issues. The council also discussed three resolutions and three bills during the meeting on Sept. 23.
“I'm still having horrible traffic,” said Staci Hudson, who lives on Utah Avenue. “I'm having semis in the middle...
Wages Brewing Company will close beginning Sunday while they move to the downtown West Plains area. The local brewery expects to be closed for the rest of 2024 and is planning to reopen in mid-January 2025 at their new location at 503 Washington Avenue. Owner Phil Wages spoke with Howell County...
It all comes down to money. Funding woes are the culprit with the declining conditions at the Noblett Lake recreation area outside of Willow Springs -- so explained United States Forest Service District Ranger Cody Lunsford last Thursday afternoon. A crowd of nearly twenty concerned locals...
The subject of a September 26 SWAT call may not face charges in Missouri, Shannon County Sheriff Darrin Brawley told Howell County News. Jimmy Jones, 39, remains in custody pending extradition to Colorado for multiple warrants for violent crimes.
“I’m not going to do anything to hold that...
