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The Senior Citizen Tax Credit was approved by the Howell County Commission last week. The commission, along with County Collector Janet Crow and County Assessor Daniel Franks, have been working on getting Ordinance 2024-R5 passed through since 2023.
The Missouri Legislature passed Senate...
Howell County News will host a community forum on public safety at the Star Theatre on Thursday, December 5 at 6:00 p.m.
The Willow Springs Police Department and Fire Department personnel and city leadership will hear and answer public comments. Everyone is invited to attend, raise concerns...
Last week, the Howell County Commission and the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) discussed moving a county road near the site of a 2022 fatal crash. The reason for moving the county road involves the entrance to the JBR Arena near County Road 7110. The commission also approved the...
Did your young hunter bag a buck? Send photos of your successful youth hunters for print in an upcoming edition of the Howell County News.
Include this information:
>the hunter’s name, age and city of residence,
>parents' names,
>who he or she was hunting with if they were...
Submit a photo of your favorite veteran to be featured in the Veterans Day issue of Howell County News. Drop off your photos at the news office by November 8 at 5:00 p.m. or email them to editor@howellcountynews.com.
When submitting a photo, please include the veteran’s name, branch, rank,...
The Ozarks Healthcare Foundation is thrilled to announce that its 12th Annual Blue Jean Ball, held on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the picturesque Silver Springs Ranch, raised over $80,000 to benefit local healthcare initiatives and scholarships for residents pursuing healthcare careers.
This year'...
The West Plains City Council discussed raising utility rates, TIF changes, and false alarm fees at their monthly meeting on October 21. The meeting started with a public hearing for the fiscal year 2025 budget. Written comments were received, but no one from the public spoke during the meeting. A...
The city of West Plains has been awarded $2,620,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to build new housing units to help address the housing shortage caused by the 2017 floods. The city was awarded the funds in two months ago for the Garner Villas Phase II project. This project...
Community assistance helped local police identify a man suspected of breaking into a local private school. Jason Lynn Kassinger, 38, of West Plains, has been charged with one count of felony first-degree burglary and has been released without bond after pleading not guilty in court on October 22...
A home in Mtn. View was destroyed on Friday, Oct. 25. The Mtn. View Fire Department responded to the call on East 1st Street at approximately 5:40 p.m. The house was quickly fully engulfed with Eleven Point, Birch Tree and Pomona fire departments responding. The control time was called at around...