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The Rolla School District is reviewing damage to its facilities to see when classes might resume after a tornado ripped through the community on Friday night, it said. Damage is extensive through ...

Members of the Houston City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 17, at Houston City Hall.

A 37-year-old Plato woman was arrested early Sunday on a misdemeanor DWI charge, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

Rolla sustained significant damage. Troop G of the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported destruction in its region, where two lives were lost at Bakersville in Ozark County. Troopers began working ...

The next five days will see cooler temperatures, windy weather and elevated to significant fire weather concerns. The next chance of rain comes toward the middle of next week.

Houston’s annual Diamond Club Spaghetti Dinner is tonight at the community building at the Houston Area Chamber of Commerce Fairgrounds. The event begins at 5 p.m. Cost is $10, which includes the ...

Several personnel decisions were made during a closed session meeting of the Houston R-1 School District Board of Education on Tuesday (March 11).

A fire southeast of Houston sent a department to battle it. Here’s what the National Weather Service says for tomorrow.

The National Weather Service said there is an increasing severe thunderstorm risk today from west to east in the region, culminating in a moderate (level 4 of 5) risk in the far eastern Ozarks. ➔ Very ...

Wilma Jean Franklin of Cabool, formerly of Houston, Missouri, left this life on Feb. 23, 2025. She was born on Dec. 20, 1932, at home in rural Boydsville, Clay County, Arkansas.

Texas County’s unemployment rate was up in January compared to December, the Missouri Department of Economic Development reported.