In this seller's economy, the Willow Springs Community Foundation has begun the process of listing certain properties. According to the WSCF Director Dean Aye, one of their properties has sold, one is currently listed for sale, and two to three more properties will be listed by the end of the...
Due to a computer malfunction, the City of Willow Springs utility bills should be out by August 5. Additionally, bills will be due August 19 without penalty. The City of Willow Springs has all of the correct meter readings and City Hall staff will be putting those readings into the computer...
Howell County Presiding Commissioner Mark Collins issued a statement last week reminding residents that the Commission voted last year to opt in on the back-to-school sales tax holiday. This year's sales tax holiday is in effect the first Friday in August through Sunday.
"[We hope to]...
A building on Main Street was on the agenda twice last week: once when the Willow Springs Board of Aldermen met for their regular meeting on Monday and then again on Thursday when the aldermen reconvened for a special meeting. The building in question stands at the southeast corner of Main and...
According to unofficial results released by the Howel County Clerk's office, the contested races in the county are unfolding as follows:
Updated at 9:54 p.m. with 100% of precincts reporting
Howell County Presiding Commissioner
Ralph Riggs--- 2,835 53% WINNER
Bryan Brauer-- 2,442 46%
Howell...
Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Vicky Hartzler paid her second visit to Howell County on Saturday. Hartzler is seeking the Republican nomination in Tuesday’s primary election against 21 other contenders. All 22 on the ballot, plus a dozen Democrats, are jostling for the seat soon to be...
A downed power line sparked a grass and brush fire that caused a widespread power outage in West Plains Friday afternoon, confirmed the City of West Plains. First responders answered three separate fire calls in the two o'clock hour that afternoon throughout the area. Emergencies were thick on...
A train car caught fire as a BNSF train sat paused on the tracks through Willow Springs Friday afternoon.
Willow Springs Fire Department responded to the scene just after 6:00 p.m., said Fire Chief Vance Farmer. Temperatures were still in the upper 90s at that time.
A passerby noticed smoke...
The Primary Election is Tuesday, August 2. In primaries, voters choose a partisan ballot and vote within their own party lines.
Local races that will be decided in the primary, because only Republicans are running, include Howell County Presiding Commissioner and Howell Township Committeewoman...
Two large-scale projects moved forward ever so slightly in Mountain View last week. Closed for the last two summers, repairs to the city pool got a boost in the form of grant funding. Later that afternoon, a wholesale restoration of the city's sewer lines inched forward. The city held a town hall...