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Of the many items the Mountain View Board of Aldermen approved last Tuesday concerning city improvements, two projects stood out and one announcement was made that the community of Mountain View can be proud of.
Alexis Johnson, a Cpl. with the Mountain View Police Department was recognized...
Changes are coming to Waggoner Home Center in Willow Springs, but one very important thing is staying the same. At the end of the day, one of the oldest businesses in town will remain a local, family-owned enterprise. What began as Waggoner Lumber Company in 1937 grew into a retail store under...
Howell County News will not publish an issue on July 2, 2025. To take a planned break every January and July, we publish 50 issues a year.
As many of you may know, the publishers have small children and will be taking this time to rest and relax as a family before coming back in the July 9...
A West Plains native is facing charges in Arkansas and is making headlines in national news outlets for allegations that she facilitated “fight club”-style violence among special needs students at the school she founded.
Mary Tracy Morrison, 50, of Jonesboro, Ark., is facing 11 felony...
The Missouri Department of Revenue is soliciting bids for the contract to operate a license office in Willow Springs. The current location closed May 19 at the expiration of the previous contract. Largely unrelated litigation delayed the bidding process, but now that it is resolved interested...
State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for May 2025 increased 4.9 percent compared to those for May 2024, from $1.47 billion last year to $1.54 billion this year.
Net general revenue collections for 2025 fiscal year-to-date decreased 0.1 percent...
After a nine-month hiatus, the Public Safety Advisory Committee met on Monday, June 2 in Willow Springs. The committee was reorganized by a vote of the board of aldermen on May 15 after the PSAC failed to establish a quorum every month since September 2024.
PSAC members Jeff Lovan,...
Taylor J. Nelson, age 40, of Pomona, has been sentenced to serve seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. In March 2024, Nelson refused a security check while attempting to enter Howell County Courthouse.
Without submitting to a routine security check, Nelson was asked to...
Planning for the the Willow Springs Annual 4th of July Parade planning is in full swing, and there is a big change this year. This beloved annual tradition has outgrown the previous staging/line-up location of Booster Field, and organizers say it is no longer safe to start there.
Beginning...
Justin M. Kimbell, 41, of Mountain View, is currently on probation for a DWI crash with injuries. He is serving a suspended execution of a three-year sentence in the Missouri Department of Corrections, and yet – he called the cops himself when a gun deal he arranged went south.
On June 3,...