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In the first meeting of the Willow Springs school board after the April 7 election, the board reorganized under a new president and vice president. At a motion from Meagan Jones, seconded by Michele Myers, Roger Shanks was unanimously elected president of the board. Board newcomer David Baldridge...
Texas County Memorial Hospital is hosting a blood drive on Friday, May 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) will collect blood donations in the Jayson Gentry Community Safe Room on the TCMH campus.
TCMH receives 100 percent of its blood supply from...
A Missouri Lottery player in Howell County couldn't believe it when she discovered she had won the first $77,777 top prize to be claimed on a "Sapphire 7s" Scratchers ticket.
"My eyes got big, and I was a little shaky," the winner shared, before recounting the experience in a press...
In its first meeting of 2026, Willow Springs’ Public Safety and Advisory Committee reported on it activities from the previous year. The committee struggled to achieve quorums in 2025, and met for the first time in June, the report reads.
In the June meeting, the committee made no...
April 13, 2026, marked the 98th anniversary of the Bond Dance Hall explosion, one of the most tragic events in the history of West Plains.
On the evening of April 13, 1928, an explosion destroyed the Bond Dance Hall in downtown West Plains, claiming the lives of dozens of community members...
New members of the Mountain View Board of Aldermen were sworn in on Tuesday, April 14 during a regular meeting. Karen Gaddy was sworn in as mayor followed by Toby Orchard for the seat of East Ward Alderman and Calvin Perry for West Ward Alderman.
The board quickly dove into the lengthy...
Did you find a monster morel?? Bring your biggest morel to the news office for a chance to win $50! You don’t have to tell us where you got it! And we don’t want to keep it! Just bring your most impressive haul to town for weighing and to snap a photo.
The heaviest mushroom will win top...
The Mountain View-Birch Tree school district has settled out of court a 2025 lawsuit over a 2024 student suspension. As previously reported by Howell County News, a student’s mother filed a lawsuit in April 2025, claiming the school violated her son’s Constitutional rights and permanently marked...
The Josiah Howell Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution held a raffle for a grill on March 28 at Hirsch’s Farm Store in West Plains. The winner was Mike Haeffner. The Josiah Howell Chapter of the SAR would like to thank Hirsch’s for the great location for their booth.
For 63-year-old rancher and former triathlete Jamie Albrecht of Houston, life changed in an instant.
A sudden loss of mobility left him wheelchair-bound, but through determination, expert care, and intensive rehabilitation, he has made an extraordinary recovery, walking again and...