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The promise of a free Build-a-Bear created a line that stretched across the parking lot of the newly re-opening Ozarks Health Care (OZH) Willow Springs clinic. Dozens stood in line for an authentic Build-a-Bear experience, complete with rubbing plush hearts to life and hugging new friends. An...
Frog-strangling storms on Saturday may have dampened interest in the first Music on Main event, but by 5:30, Willow Springs’ Main St. was shut down as planned to make way for the show. Molly Clair put on a performance of bluegrass classics under the awning of Pizza Americana.
A small, but...
A month-long labor dispute between IAM Local 2782 machinists’ union and employer, Leonardo DRS, of West Plains, ended with a vote to ratify a new contract on May 30.
A source who asked Howell County News not to use his name contacted the office on April 25 to report the machinists had...
State Budget Director Dan Haug announced last week that net general revenue collections for May 2026 decreased 11.1 percent compared to those for May 2025, from $1.54 billion last year to $1.37 billion this year.
Net general revenue collections for 2026 fiscal year-to-date decreased 2.1...
The Mtn. View Garden Club is delighted to share that the Nancy Echols Memorial Scholarship for 2026 has been awarded to Sabrina Snyder, a graduating senior at the MV-BT Liberty High School in Mountain View. It is the club's hope that the $500 scholarship will help get Snyder started on her career...
A boil water order lasted seven days after being issued on Tuesday, May 26 in Mountain View. The boil advisory was issued after a water main break at Washington and Marr. The break reached customers on First Street, Washington Street, South Marr Street, and Jackson Street. The order was lifted on...
Braden and Makayla Marriott of Mountain View, Mo., are the parents of a baby girl, Eden James Marriott. She was born April 20, 2026, at 7:46 a.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. She weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 20 and 1/2 inches long. Her siblings are Whitley, 5, and Sloan, 3. Her grandparents are...
As part of what Sen. Brad Hudson (R-Cape Fair) called a, “successful legislative session,” his office has released the accompanying list of appropriations across Missouri Senate district 33. As vice-chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Hudson’s announcement highlighted, “securing funding...
A 17-year-old West Plains resident initially called a “juvenile” in court documents is being charged as an adult in Howell County. Dallas M. Doyle is accused of shooting an adult man with an air gun over, “an earlier incident involving his grandmother and the victim,” reads the probable cause...