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FEMA has provided the city of Willow Springs with preliminary copies of the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) maps showing increased areas of flood designation, the board of aldermen heard on June 19. 
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FEMA has provided the city of Willow Springs with preliminary copies of the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) maps showing increased areas of flood designation, the board of aldermen heard on June 19.    “We have concerns,” City Administrator Beverly Hicks told...
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A Willow Springs couple had their home searched after investigators with the South Central Drug Task Force connected them to drug deliveries via FedEx. Jody Cunningham, 40, and Donald Pearce, 45, were suspected of distributing large amounts of methamphetamine within the county.    The FedEx...
10 a.m. Old-fashioned Fourth of July Parade   The parade route is running backwards this year. The parade will begin at Ferguson St. and wind down Main to Booster Field. This year’s Grand Marshals will be American Legion Post #384 – Willow Springs as a group.   Participating? Because of...
Howell County News/ Amanda Mendez
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...
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...
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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,...
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Lawyers for Lance Shockley, the Van Buren man sentenced to death in the 2005 shooting death of Sergeant Carl D. Graham, Jr. say there is one avenue left for their client to prove his innocence – and he is seeking to use it. They have successfully petitioned the courts to perform DNA testing on...

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Monday, June 16 there was no Church League. Tuesday, June 17 - Cat/Dog League Payne hole was #2. Randy Reese, Sherri Jungferman with a score of 33; Bryce Duddridge, Linda Benyo with a score...
 
 

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