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Nine members of the Mountain View Garden Club convened at the Mountain View Community Center on January 24 for its monthly meeting. The program, titled "Winter Sowing" was led by member and Master Gardener Judy Rhine. Rhine explained how to convert an old, but clean gallon sized milk jug into a...
The Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorney’s [MAPA] recently recognized the Honorable David Evans, Representative of District 154, and Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, as its 2023 Legislative Champion. Members of the Association were pleased to inform Representative Evans of this...
In the January 31 edition of the Howell County News, the article “Two run for state senate seat,” reported, “[State Rep. Travis] Smith reports that he is endorsed by the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, the National Rifle Association, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, and the Missouri Farm Bureau...
Downtown Willow Springs celebrated a new business in a Main Street storefront with a ribbon cutting for Everything Longarm on Thursday. Doug and Heather Cartwright are the owners of this longarm quilting machine shop that provides, “An unbiased approach to selecting the Longarm quilting machine...
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Jordan McClanahan and Bonnie Wheeler of Alton, MO, are the parents of a baby boy, Cooper Cole McClanahan. He was born Jan. 8, 2024, at 7 a.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces and was 19 inches long. His siblings are Abrianna, 14, Jaxon, 7, Sabastian, 7, Ethan, 6, and Oliver, 4...
The Willow Springs Chamber of Commerce hosted a “Boots and Bling” themed banquet over the weekend and distributed their annual awards. Taking place at Pine Meadows Venue for the second consecutive year, the event featured a meal by Leslie’s Catering and musical stylings by Willow Springs native...
There is always something special about a meeting in Mountain View. The last two meetings of the City of Mountain View Board of Alderman have been a hot topic of debate as board members bicker, question expenditures/budget, and fail to follow basic procedures.
A special meeting was held on...
Aden Lee Johnson, 20, was named in a probable cause statement as a suspect of first-degree property damage following an incident at Richards School.
Deputy Timothy W. Gordon stated that he was dispatched to the school after reports of a truck doing donuts in the parking lot and causing...
A West Plains man last seen December 2, 2023, was found deceased by Howell County Sheriff’s deputies on January 29. Deputies are still investigating the circumstances that led to the death of Levi M. Gunter, 41. Gunter was reported missing to the sheriff’s office on December 20. Law enforcement...