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Authorities are seeking public input to identify the body of a white female found on US Highway 60 near Winona on January 12. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control and the Shannon County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the circumstances surrounding the...
Howell County News/ Amanda Mendez
Dr. Marty Spence, PhD is the newly selected superintendent of the Willow Springs R-IV School District. Spence replaces Dr. Bill Hall, who tendered his resignation in October. Spence will take over in June after Hall completes his contract. In a special meeting on January 24, the school board voted...
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A Pomona business is a total loss after a January 25 fire. The Pomona Fire Department was called to the scene at 11:41 p.m., confirms Fire Chief Randall Dennis. Firefighters were on the scene until almost 4:00 a.m. battling the blaze in 17 degree weather. By the time first responders were on the...
Texas County Memorial Hospital has inked a three-year contract with Hollis Tidmore, MD, FACS a board-certified general surgeon and peripheral vascular surgeon.  Tidmore will work full-time in the surgery department and provide inpatient and outpatient general surgery services at TCMH beginning...
Mark Twain National Forest invites the public to review the draft Eleven Point Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive River Management Plan (CRMP). The Eleven Point River had the honor to be among the first group of rivers in the nation to be designated when the Wild and Scenic Rivers (WSR) Act was...
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American Legion Post #41 and the Piney River Quilt Guild of Houston honored local veterans at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Cardiopulmonary Rehab on Thursday, January 13 with commemorative pin and quilt presentations.  A national commemoration was authorized by Congress for a Vietnam...
Missouri State Highway Patrol is offering boating safety courses to inform and motivate boaters to prepare for the boating season. These approved courses meet the national boating educational standard. “Missouri's many rivers and lakes offer a variety of boating opportunities," said Col. Olson...
The Willow Springs City Council considered bids for used mowers for the Thomas F. Benyo Municipal Golf Course during the January meeting.  City Administrator Beverly Hicks provided the council with a bid from TurfWerks for a used fairway mower at $26,000.00 and a bid from Toro for a used rough...
A routine public hearing that should have been a feather in the cap of Mountain View’s municipal administration was clouded in tension Wednesday morning. Citizens in attendance were outraged at the meeting’s lack of publicity. Without exception, the citizens gathered for the hearing had only...
Missouri Farm Bureau members returned to their traditional annual meeting December 5-7 at the Lake of the Ozarks. The organization’s 107th meeting theme, Planted With Purpose, focused on the importance of county Farm Bureau leaders and the development of Farm Bureau policies for 2022. During...

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