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A one-month-old infant was taken into state custody after law enforcement officers served a search warrant in northeast Douglas County.
On January 26, the Multi-jurisdictional Task Force (MJTF), composed of Douglas County Deputies, Ozark County Deputies and Ava PD Officers served a search warrant...
A report of an unresponsive man led Houston police officers to a grisly discovery on January 27. Officers with the Houston Police Department were dispatched at 7:55 p.m. to the 800 block of Springfield Dr. in Houston to assist with an unresponsive male. Officers responding on the scene discovered...
The Howell County Commission met on January 28 and 31.
On January 28, the meeting began with a public hearing on the 2022 Howell County budget. See additional coverage on this budget on page XXX.
On January 31, the commission met with representatives of the juvenile office to set up accounting on...
Third-grader Gavin Masterson got a surprise visit from his father, Dave Masterson, who just returned home from a ten-month long deployment with the Army Reserves. Masterson surprised his son at West Plains Elementary on January 27.
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 1218’s newest Ray Aviation Scholarship recipient has completed his first solo flight.
Garrett Cinch Liggett, Eminence High School sophomore completed this important aviation milestone Saturday, January 22 with his family and friends waiting to...
Following a public hearing on January 28, the Howell County Commission passed a $29.2 million budget. No public comments were received at the budget hearing on Friday afternoon. After reviewing the proposed 2022 Howell County budget, Commissioner Billy Sexton made a motion to approve it as...
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...
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...
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...