Representatives from Houston take home several first-place awards Monday in the Missouri Community Betterment Contest. From left: Delbert Campbell, Kay Jordan, Jim and Wilda McNiell, an organizer and ...

Houston’s Piney River Ford will sponsor a “Kick for Cash” contest at halftime of the Houston High School football team’s home game against Liberty this Friday (Oct. 25) in Tiger Stadium.

A man who the woman is in a relationship with arrived and told the deputy he didn’t know who the suspect might have been. Officers patrolled the area and didn’t find a suspect. A deputy was dispatched ...

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) The Houston Alternative Learning Opportunities (HALO) open house ...

No excuse absentee balloting begins Tuesday, Oct. 22, across the state. In Texas County, registered voters can cast ballots in the county clerk’s office on the top level of the Texas County ...

The National Weather Service said unseasonably warm to near record temperatures will return to the county Tuesday into Wednesday. Some light rain chances (20-50%) will occur tonight with lingering ...

On Oct. 18, officers responded to the intersection of W. Highway 17 and U.S. 63 for a motor vehicle crash. A 2019 Hyundai operated by Mackenzie L. Wolfe, 19, of Raymondville, struck the rear of a 2018 ...

The Big Piney River Nature Center is situated on South U.S. 63 near Durham Road on the east side of the highway. Houston native Larry Dablemont, the organizer of the project, said he’s planning on ...

Warm conditions return this week to Texas County with temperatures 10-15 degrees above average by mid-week. A few daily records may also be challenged on Tuesday and Wednesday, the National Weather ...

A Mountain Grove man was seriously injured Saturday in an ATV accident north of his hometown, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. Robert L. Milford, 20, was on private property on Thornhill Drive ...

The Roby Fire Department was called to Bell Road, where the structure was engulfed by fire. Houston Rural Fire Department was dispatched later for water and manpower after the blaze spread in an area ...

A Texas County school was awarded a $20,000 grant to advance study in the biomedical field. Licking High School received the funds for Project Lead the Way’s “Principals of Biomedical Science” class.