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The Howell County S.W.A.T. unit responded to a residence on County Road 8270 on Thanksgiving Day. Two 911 calls on the holiday at approximately 11:40 a.m. reported a man in the roadway pouring gasoline on himself.
Deputies responded and made contact with the man, whose identity has not been...
A stray comb is swept into a dustpan.
Straight and black, the barber’s comb had looked at home on the black and white checked floor, but now it seems out of place.
The 300-pound, leather barber’s chair has been loaded into a truck and moved away. The counter that held scissors, combs, and...
A Missouri Lottery Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was purchased at 10 Box Cost-Plus on Kentucky Ave. in West Plains for the Oct. 29 drawing.
The numbers drawn that night were 19, 31, 40, 46 and 57, and the Powerball number was 23.
The ticket matched four of the five white-ball numbers, plus...
The Willow Springs Board of Aldermen reviewed a draft of the 2023 municipal budget. The plan discussed during the regular Nov. 17 was the product of a budget work session on Nov. 5.
The $7.17 million budget is an increase over the prior year due largely to inflated sales and use taxes. The 2022...
The Ozarks Healthcare Foundation invites community members to honor the life of a loved one this holiday season with its 30th annual Lights of Life event.
Lights of Life offers community members an opportunity to honor loved ones by sponsoring a Christmas tree light with a donation of ten...
West Plains City Hall and other city offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The two-day closure will alter regular refuse routes.
Routes will run as follows:
Regular Monday and Tuesday routes will be picked up Monday, Nov. 21...
Twenty-one days into a 30-day period allotted for forward momentum, Main Street Willow Springs did not appear at the Board of Aldermen's November meeting. Main Street Willow Springs, LLC is the nonprofit organization that owns a dilapidated two-story building at the corner of Main and Center. The...
In downtown Willow Springs Saturday night, the Star Theatre was the scene of musical holiday festivities that spanned from spooky Halloween tunes to Christmas standards.
The Southern Ozarks Community Orchestra performed a concert called "Happy Hallowthanksmas." Moving through the calendar of...
The city of Mountain View is still searching for a fire chief after the first meeting of the search committee and the board of aldermen. The committee met with the Board of Aldermen in closed session following the regular meeting on Nov. 8.
In the hour-long closed session, three applicants...
Searchers located the body of 58-year-old Phillip Carnell on the morning of November 16, not far from the area he had planned to hunt when he was last seen on November 13.
Carnell, of Sikeston, was deer hunting in Ozark National Scenic Riverways, near Cave Spring in Carter County. He was...