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The newly formed Mountain View Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to accept applications for a City Administrator and a Marketing Director, according to the meeting’s draft minutes. Interviews for the Marketing Director will take place during closed session at the May 9 meeting. Applications for...
A winning Powerball ticket purchased at The Anchor C-Store in Mountain View, for the Oct. 26, 2022, Powerball drawing will expire if it remains unclaimed by April 24.
The ticket matched four of the white-ball numbers, as well as the Powerball number drawn. The winning numbers on Oct. 26 were 19...
Faith Collins and her family for years and was somewhat aware of her activities with a group called "UPP!" but had never gotten to see it in action until this night.
Faith is the Director of a non-profit organization called Uniquely Perfect People, or UPP!, which is an advocacy group for...
On April 4, Texas County deputies were patrolling Jackson Road in the Clear Springs area looking for a suspect in a stealing case. A deputy observed the suspect, Gaige Watts sitting in a parked vehicle at a residence in the area. The deputy approached the vehicle and attempted to detain Watts....
The Howell County Commission met on April 6 and 10.
On Monday, the Commission reviewed and considered bids from Fabick Cat and Murphy Tractor for four motor graders. According to County Clerk Kelly Wagonner, the Commissioners chose the low bid from Fabick Cat in the amount of $780,490. The...
A new weekly flea market began in Willow Springs last week on the grounds of the Eleven Point Fire Station. Formerly located in Cabool, the market has relocated as of April 6. Vendors will set up every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Pictured, vendors are set up on Saturday, April 8 for...
Through a very generous donation from the Sid and Betty Dunaway Trust, the Willow Springs Public Library is getting a total redo, reports the library board. The library has been able to update and preserve the outside of the building. Projects that have been accomplished are washing and sealing...
Thirteen broken windows and three broken glass doors – this is the damage police say Jared Caston caused to Junction Hill Pentecostal Church in West Plains.
Caston, 35, of West Plains, faces one count of institutional vandalism, a class D felony. According to a probable cause statement filed...
Six victims who were secretly filmed in the restroom of a Cabool Casey’s have filed civil suits against the alleged perpetrator.
Criminal charges filed in January accuse Patrick Pitcher, 31, of Hartville, of placing a camera in the ceiling of a restroom of the Casey's General Store at 316...
A blood drive on Friday is a powerful reminder of the impact blood and organ donations have had on the Willow Springs community. Stories about lives saved by transplant and transfusion are not hard to find. To promote the Save a Life Drive, three people from Willow Springs are telling their...