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Howell County News/Laura Wagner
The Mountain View Board of Alderman met on Tuesday, March 12 and the meeting ended as quickly as it began after Mayor John Krasuski asked sitting Alderwoman Brenda Colter to step down.   Mayor Krasuski interrupted the normal flow of the meeting, “Due to certain circumstances, I have to...
A Koshkonong man formerly charged as a John Doe has been identified. James Barnes, 60, has been positively identified as the party charged with third-degree assault of a special victim, disarming a police officer, and resisting arrest. As of press time, Barnes remains in the Howell County Jail on...
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After Representative David Evans’ announcement of his retirement last week, the field is open for candidates to fill the seat representing the 154th district. A Willow Springs woman is the first, and so far only, party to announce a run. Lisa Durnell filed as a Republican candidate on March 14...
Howell County News/ Amanda Mendez
The Willow Springs location of Family Dollar/Dollar Tree is on the chopping block. Last week, national news sources broke the announcement that hundreds of Family Dollar locations coast to coast will close in response to weak sales performances in 2023. The Willow Springs location is among the...
A West Plains, MO, woman was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute.   Amanda J. Jones, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 18 years and four months in federal prison without parole.   On Oct. 12, 2023, Jones pleaded guilty...
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The South Central Walk Worthy Women’s Conference, an inter-denominational event, will be held April 26-27, at First Baptist Church in Mountain View, MO.   The conference times are 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday evening and 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The conference host will be Teresa...
State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for February 2024 grew 18.0 percent compared to those for February 2023, from $703.5 million last year to $830.3 million this year.   Net general revenue collections for 2024 fiscal year-to-date increased 1.3...
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You may have seen some of them in your grandparents' or great-grandparents' storage boxes – aged photographs or postcards showing people and places from long ago that reveal a bit about life from a bygone era.   Local historian and collector Toney Aid recently donated nearly 1,500 such images...
Texas County Memorial Hospital has concluded the first month of the new fiscal year with a positive financial outcome thanks to a 34 percent increase in inpatient revenues for January, board members heard at their monthly meeting on Tuesday.    Linda Pamperien, TCMH chief financial officer,...
The “5K at Galloway Run or Walk – Eclipse Edition,” sponsored by Hirsch Feed & Farm Supply, is set for 8:00 a.m. Saturday, April 6. It is one of the “Party in the Path” events to celebrate the upcoming total solar eclipse in West Plains. There are four days of activities scheduled beginning...

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