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The Knights of Columbus will host a fish fry at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Willow Springs. The first fish fry is this Friday, March 10, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and three others will be held March 17, 24, and 31.
Both fish and shrimp dinners are available for eating in or carry out....
Business 63 and Route 137 in Willow Springs will be reduced to one lane as contractor crews construct sidewalks.
Weather permitting, work on US Hwy 63 will take place today, Feb. 22 through Saturday, March 25 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. including weekends as necessary. Work will take place at...
Author David Jerome will be signing copies of his book, "Bill Virdon, A Life in Baseball," at the Ozark Heritage Welcome Center, West Plains, Missouri, on Friday, March 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free to attend. Copies of the books will be available for purchase. The author will be...
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...