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The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported two fatalities on Sunday, Sept. 9. One occurred in Shannon County and the other in Ozark County.
The Shannon County fatality was a two-vehicle incident that happened around 8:40 p.m. on Hwy. 60 at the Winona city limits. According to reports, a 2006...
After four months of rigorous training at the Missouri LETI (Law Enforcement Training Institute), the Mtn. View Police Department welcomes Officer Alexis Johnson to the ranks. Officer Johnson will start FTO (Field Training Officers) soon and will be assigned to patrol. Officer Johnson is the...
The Howell County Commission met on Sept. 14 and Sept. 18.
On Sept. 14, Howell County Sheriff Brent Campbell met with commissioners for a grant application conference for a cybersecurity and physical grant.
The Commission approved Resolution Order 2023-R3 in recognition of Diaper Need...
West Plains Mayor Mike Topliff and members of the Howell County Commission will join members of the Diaper Resource Center (DRC) to proclaim September 18-24, 2023 as National Diaper Need Awareness Week in Howell County and the City of West Plains. An initiative of the National Diaper Bank Network...
A two-vehicle accident occured on Wednesday, Sept. 13, in Mountain View that left an officer with minor injuries. According to reports, a female driver struck a patrol car head-on. Upon arrival of Chief Jamie Perkins, the female driver was determined to possibly be under the influence. She was...
A Willow Springs man was arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 12 as a fugitive from out of state, a felony. Christopher Dean Wake, 34, was arrested on a Baxter County, AR, warrant for revocation of probation, along with other warrants.
Court records indicate Willow Springs Police were contacted around 1:00 p...
The last public one-room school in Howell County (Noblett School) closed in 1963. A generation later, many living here once attended a one-room school, at least until the sixth grade.
Now the advantages of that experience have returned to Howell County through Neighborhood Christian Schools, a...
Willow Springs Police report they were called to Love’s Travel Center on Thursday for a man who was threatening employees with a knife. Upon arrival, officers interviewed Jeffrey Matthews, 37, of De Funiak, FL. During the interview Matthews stated he had threatened a female employee with the knife...
A rural Willow Springs woman is facing a felony burglary charge for an incident in Mountain View this week.
Court records state that on Sept. 12, Mountain View Police were flagged down by Elizabeth Anne Taber, 31, near Veterans Park around 8:00 p.m. Taber reportedly told police she had sprayed...
A Caulfield woman and former Bakersfield math teacher was charged in Howell County this week for a relationship with a student.
Victoria N. Fowler, 30, was charged with three counts of second-degree statutory rape and one count of second-degree sodomy, all felony charges.
Court records...