Willow Springs’ Bear City Fall Festival will celebrate 50 years this fall. The milestone occasion will be celebrated during the festival, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 5 in downtown Willow Springs. more

Voters across the U.S. aren't just casting ballots this fall for president and other top offices. They'll also vote on dozens of contentious issues involving life, health, crime and taxes. More than … more

West Plains City Council action at last week's regular meeting, plus a special session Monday evening, has resulted in the raising of property taxes for the 2024 tax year, given final council approval during the special session. more

A West Plains man who reportedly expressed a wish to be "in prison" apparently ended up in the city jail instead after allegedly stealing a Jeep from an auto body shop on Missouri Avenue and using it to ram a fence at the business. more

The Howell County Commission will hold a public hearing at 1 p.m. Thursday regarding the annual setting of the county tax levy. The hearing is part of the commission’s regular Thursday session, to begin at 10 a.m. in the conference room on the second floor of the county office building, 35 Court Square in West Plains. more

An evidentiary hearing is set for a man on Missouri's death row who thought DNA evidence uncovered in his case was enough to save him. A decades-old mistake by a prosecutors office has kept Marcellus … more

Supporters of an effort to only allow registered Republicans to vote in the Arkansas GOP primary are suing the state party for blocking the move. A lawsuit over that action was filed Monday in … more

A bald eagle is slowly recovering from surgeries after it was shot in Missouri. The male eagle was found injured in central Missouri on July 11. A volunteer with the World Bird Sanctuary picked him … more

Dolly Parton’s father grew up poor and never got the chance to learn to read. Inspired by her family, over the past three decades, the 78-year-old country music legend has made it her mission to … more

The Howell County Sheriff's department arrested a suspect following a chase that began in West Plains, after a deputy spotted a vehicle failing to yield to a city officer. more

Members of the Couch FFA Chapter joined more than 725 FFA members and agricultural leaders at the Missouri State Fair on August 13, for the Missouri State FFA Food Insecurity Day of Service. The event is held in conjunction with the Missouri Farmers Care Foundation Drive to Feed Kids, a yearlong effort to stand in the gap for the 1 in 7 Missouri children facing food insecurity, said officials. more

Today is the last day for residents affected by severe storms between May 24 and 27 to file for Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster assistance in Baxter and Fulton counties in Arkansas, and residents of Howell, Shannon and Texas counties impacted by storms between May 19 and 27 have until Sept. 23. more

One person has died in a crash on Interstate 40 in Arkansas that backed up traffic for hours on the busy highway. The Arkansas Department of Transportation says the crash involving two … more

Missouri Planned Parenthoods are challenging the state over a new law that kicked the organization out of the Medicaid program. Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers … more

Both sides of the debate over whether to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri’s constitution have filed last-minute legal challenges hoping to influence how, and if, the proposal goes before … more

The West Plains R-7 School Board will hold a public hearing on the the setting of the annual tax rate levy in addition to its regular monthly meeting this evening. more

A woman injured in the mass shooting at an Arkansas grocery store that killed four has sued the man charged in the attack. The lawsuit was filed last week in state court against Travis Eugene Posey, … more

Missouri Department of Transportation crews will be making driving surface improvements this week on Highway 17 in northern Howell County.   more

The Mtn. View City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. today, following a public hearing on the setting of the annual property tax levy, both of which will be held in city council chambers, 120 N. Oak St. more

Federal appellate judges have overturned a Missouri law that banned police from enforcing some federal gun laws. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the law unconstitutional Monday. It … more