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A suspect in a 2020 murder remains in custody after a warrant arrest on June 1. Levi D. Gunter, 41, of West Plains was indicted by a grand jury on April 16 for two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, and one count of attempted possession of a controlled substance...
Country music fans packed the stands at the Liberty High School football field in Mountain View Friday night for the first Give Back Summer event featuring Aaron Tippin. Mountain View’s own Levi Moore and Billy Randolph were supporting artists, warming up the crowd ahead of the show.
“It feels...
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row .... " So begins "In Flanders Fields," written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian poet and military physician.
"The hauntingly eloquent words of McCrae helped to immortalize poppy as one of the most recognized symbols...
On May 22, Gairry R. Bakken, age 53, was sentenced in United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, to serve 180 months (15 years) in Federal Prison for the Receipt and Distribution of child pornography.
In February 2021, the Southwest MO Cyber Crimes Task Force responded...
Convoy of Hope has partnered with Westside Family Life Center and Willow Springs Schools to distribute food bags to children throughout the summer of 2023. Students do not have to pre-register for this event, but must live within the Willow Springs School District to qualify.
The first few...
On May 8 and by a vote of 154 to 2, the Missouri House of Representatives passed SB 190. When signed by the governor, this tax cut will eliminate over $330,000,000 in Missouri income taxes now paid each year by Missouri seniors and the disabled.
Starting in 2022, Representative David Evans of...
Amanda Mendez, publisher and owner of Howell County News, has been appointed to serve on the Missouri Press-Bar Commission. Mendez will serve on a three-person subcommittee tasked with communicating the needs and the rights of the press to the Missouri Supreme Court as it rolls out an expansion of...
In a special meeting on Tuesday, May 23 the board of alderman of Mountain View tabled a resolution to invest funds set aside for the alleyway improvement project with UMB Bank. The resolution would have given Mayor John Krasuski the authority to sign documents to invest the alley improvement...
The Howell County Commission met on May 25 and 30.
Last Thursday, the commission reviewed the 2022 financial statement. This statement will be published in local newspapers on June 7. They also reviewed and considered bids for a pursuit-dated SUV for the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
This...
The Old-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival in downtown West Plains, Mo., will celebrate its 29th year June 2 and 3. The festival seeks to celebrate, preserve, pass on and nurture an appreciation of the old-time music and folk life traditions distinctive to the Ozark Highlands. Admission to all...