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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...
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has issued construction and operating permits to ADP Waste LLC to construct and operate the Ozarks Waste Solutions Transfer Station in Shannon County.
The proposed processing facility will be operated as a solid waste transfer station. It will...
Emily Anstine of Bakersfield, MO, is the mother of a baby boy, Nikolas Alexander Mikel Anstine. He was born Feb. 7, 2023, at 6:29 p.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 9 pounds and was 20 and 1/2 inches long. His grandparents are Leroy Meadows of Salem, AR, and Destiny Anstine of Bakersfield. ...
The Willow Springs Community Foundation is hosting a playing card raffle to benefit Willow Springs Police Department. There are 52 chances to win a Ruger 6.5 Creedmore donated by Howell County News and C&R Gun and Pawn. Chances are $35 each and may be purchased at the news office, the gun shop...
Potential business owners seeking space in Willow Springs may utilize a new tool, thanks to a group of community volunteers.
A list was compiled by an informal group of community-minded individuals, civic leaders, and business owners. The list is available at Willow Springs City Hall, the...