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This Friday, Howell County Collector Dennis Von Allmen will celebrate his forty years of public service.
Von Allmen ran for Howell County Collector in 1982 at the age of 23, reports his wife of forty-four years, Judy. In all his years in public office, his only contested election was that first...
Are you a member of the Willow Springs Schools alumni?
Alumni definition: Graduates or former students of a particular educational institution; former members, employees, contributors, or the like.
May 27 is the day to celebrate attending Willow Springs Schools. An open-air cookout is...
The Mountain View-Birch Tree School Board cancelled Liberty’s soccer 2023-2024 season in a 6-1 vote on Feb 16. According to the draft minutes of the meeting, the school board completed their published agenda in open session and withdrew into closed session at 8:08 p.m. The board returned to open...
A two-year-old child was airlifted for treatment of a serious head injury after a sedan smashed into the Dollar Tree on Mitchell Rd. in West Plains. First responders received a call about a motor vehicle that had crashed into a structure with a possible victim trapped underneath at about 1:20 p.m...
A Pomona man has been charged with the unlawful possession of an illegal weapon after Howell County Sheriff’s deputies found a pipe bomb in his vehicle last Sunday morning. Deputies found Rodney D. Smith, 36, slumped over the wheel of a car stopped in the roadway on County Road 5130, according to...
February is nationally recognized as American Heart Month, a time to bring awareness to cardiovascular health. For Elaine Plowman, this Heart Month is a special one. Thanks to the care she received at Ozarks Healthcare when experiencing a heart emergency last year, Plowman is celebrating the...
Area residents in Howell and surrounding counties are invited to a meeting Feb. 23 to discuss forming a local Prescribed Burn Association (PBA), a group in which neighbors help neighbors to conduct prescribed burns. Fifty-seven people had registered for the previous meeting scheduled for Jan. 26...
Business 63 in Howell County will be reduced to one lane as contractor crews perform signal improvements in various locations in West Plains, Missouri.
Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, Feb. 20 through Wednesday, March 15 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. including weekends as...
The South Central Ozark Council of Governments (SCOCOG) has been awarded a $100,000 grant from EPA Region 7, along with a matching grant of $33,333.33 from the South Central Solid Waste Management District.
Funds will be used for a karst and watershed education project, which includes...
In a last-minute addition to the meeting agenda, the Mountain View Board of Aldermen approved a $242,200 loan to finance electrical repairs. The decision was “extremely time sensitive,” according to the draft minutes of the meeting. Mayor John Krasuski has repeatedly introduced the topic of...