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State Representative Bennie Cook has announced he will hold mobile offices in Texas County on June 27:
Vienna - 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Maries County Courthouse, 211 4th Street.
Belle - 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Lonnie Feeler Memorial Building/City Council Chamber, 104 East 3rd...
Texas County Memorial Hospital has achieved a 31 percent readmission reduction average across its patient portfolio for 2022. The hospital’s readmission rate at the end of 2021 reflected 20.1 percent, and by the end of 2022, the readmission rate was drastically reduced to 13.7 percent.
Shelby...
When individuals and families decide how to pass on their financial and physical assets, they are participating in the national transfer of wealth that in Missouri alone will amount to more than $114 billion over the next 10 years.
That finding is included in the 2023 Missouri Transfer of...
The lot size in the R-2 residential zone in the City of Willow Springs has been reduced from ten thousand square feet to six thousand square feet, following an action of the Board of Aldermen Thursday night.
Prompted by a June 5 meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission concerning an...
In cooperation with the City of West Plains, a portion of the street in front of Ozarks Healthcare's Emergency Department and Women’s Center has been rerouted starting Monday, June 12. While access to all hospital parking lots will remain the same, through traffic will be routed away from patrons...
Police Chief Wes Ellison presented a commendation to Officer Joe Barnhouse at the meeting of the Willow Springs Board of Aldermen Thursday night. Officer Barnhouse has been recognized for his service to Willow Springs Ambulance District by Administrator Jeff Ward, Chief Ellison said.
Chief Ellison...
Members and guests of the Mountain View Garden Club met on May 17 for the club's annual tour of five of the members gardens. This year the group enjoyed the gardens of Robi Tanner, Debbi McNew, Jeanne Roles, Hilary Connolly and Marty Toll. This is one of the many events, along with monthly...
The Mountain View Board of Aldermen met in a special meeting on June 6. During the meeting fire membership rates were discussed along with the Mountain View Police Department purchasing two patrol cars.
City Clerk Sara Chowning addressed the board about bringing a rate increase to the fire...
The Howell County Commission met on June 15.
The Commission’s only scheduled activity for the Thursday session was to consider bids for the purchase of road oil and/or asphalt for countywide use from June through September.
Agendas regularly include approving accounts payable and recognizing any...
A citywide boil order in West Plains last week was lifted Saturday, confirms Utilities Director Shayne Eades. The order began around 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 15.
There was never any presence of unsafe bacteria in the water supply, Eades told Howell County News. Rather, the boil order was...