Howell County News

A Howell County man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a woman whose body was found near a rural roadside.

Ozark County commissioners are considering adding another elected position to the county roster - one completely funded by state funds.

A Howell County judge declared a mistrial Wednesday afternoon in the murder trial of a Doniphan, Mo., man accused in the beating death of his neighbor.

Investigators in Howell County say someone killed a mother of two on Friday the 13th.

Howell County Sheriff's Department detectives say somebody tried to make a woman's death look like an accident.

Howell County Sheriff's Department detectives say somebody tried to make a woman's death look like an accident.

A Winona man died early this morning, and four others were hurt, when the car he was driving ran off the road and struck a house.

A West Plains man wounded by enemy fire in Afghanistan in late September will return home Sunday.

Ozark County Sheriff's Department recently welcomed two new employees. Cecilia Clayton, left, was recently hired as an Ozark County deputy and Darren Reed, right, accepted the long vacant position as chief deputy.

Heavy rain in several counties east and southeast of Springfield has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning until 7 p.m. Enough rain has fallen to cause the Missouri Department of Transportation to close roads in low-lying areas.

Runoff from Thursday's rain that is flooding roads southeast of Springfield has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning for several counties.

Thursday's rains were heavy enough to prompt road closings in Douglas and Howell counties, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.

Christian County has received a $160,000 federal grant to improve its 9-1-1- call center's capability of locating emergency calls from cell phones and Internet-connected phones.

A former West Plains resident busted in 2001 for keeping hundreds of dogs and cats in squalid conditions near her home now faces similar accusations.

Auctioned item held prescription drugs. A south Missouri fire chief got a major surprise this week when he opened two cabinets he bought secondhand from Truman Memorial Veteransa Hospital and found dozens of bottles of unused medications.

A VA officials in Columbia have recovered some questionable medications. A A It all started when Fire Chief Blake Bowers from Howell County bid on a cabinet from the Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia.

A state fire marshal's investigator is looking for the cause of a deadly house fire.

A second person faces charges for Tuesday's deadly house fire in Mountain View, Missouri.

A 30-year-old woman from Lawrence, Kan., is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend at his home near Trask by shooting him and then setting fire to his home on Tuesday.

A Kansas woman is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend after authorities said she drove to his southern Missouri home, shot him and set his house on fire.