The Willow Springs Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) met on Sept. 3 and discussed highway annexation and the 2025 budget.
In new business, the committee heard of a possible annexation of a portion of US Highway 60/63 between the north intersection with Business 60/63 and the south...
Justin Cooley, a 1989 graduate of Mountain View-Birch Tree Liberty High School, recently passed away after a long battle with cancer. His family and friends are honoring his memory with a memorial scholarship.
The memorial scholarship will be a $500 scholarship (two available). The...
As the current board of aldermen are getting comfortable in their roles, business is moving forward and an internal clean-up is underway.
In an interview with Howell County News, Mayor Charry McCann explained that City Hall has been busy cleaning up documentation. She stressed there is no...
The Howell County Commission approved a law enforcement grant and discussed bids for repainting the courthouse last week. The commission originally planned to go over the contract for concrete work with K. Davis Construction for South Road & Bridge, but rescheduled the meeting to Monday, Sept...
Music played throughout the Third Annual Fall Block Party held in downtown West Plains on Saturday. The event marked the final performance for one local musician.
There were performances from The Owlettes, Broken Nuckle, Kirk Pierce, Anthony Garner, and Spitfire. The musicians played songs...
A felon on parole was released without a bond after he was arrested and charged with violent crimes. Andrey Bandurovskiy, age 47, of Willow Springs, was arrested by the Howell County Sheriff's Office on August 29. Described by Howell County Sheriff Brent Campbell as a “career criminal,”...
After more than three years of planning and setbacks, the long-awaited overpass project on Independence Drive in West Plains will begin next month. The City of West Plains announced last week that the project will begin the week of October 1, 2024, and is expected to be completed by December 1,...
A Mountain Grove man was arrested August 29 in Willow Springs at Booster Field, but so far faces no criminal charges. Christopher Mitchell, 42, was present at the public park during practices for several youth activities, according to arresting officer Corporal David Hocking of the Willow Springs...
A West Plains man is held in jail after he was arrested for threatening a man and shooting multiple firearms while intoxicated. Bruce Alan Skinner, age 60, of West Plains, is charged with six felony counts: four counts of armed criminal action, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon – subsection...
Willow Springs, population around 2000 souls, has three starting volleyball players standing over 6 feet tall. Yes, that’s right, three.
West Plains, population around 12,000 souls, has none.
Two well-coached teams from Howell County met on the court last Tuesday, September 2, for the...
