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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...
Tafton and Lindsey Henderson of West Plains, Mo., are the parents of a baby boy, Leavitt Jay Henderson. He was born March 25, 2026, at 5:13 p.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 20 and 1/2 inches long. His sibling is Rory, 3. His grandparents are Rick and Tina Parks and...
More than three thousand voters for the general election on April 7, doubling the turnout from last year’s election.
Willow Springs School Board
In the race for Willow Springs school board, voter rejected incumbents’ election bids and put three new faces on the board. David Baldridge led...