Last fall, Choate and Copley both won middle school cross country state championships. HMS athletes earned 11 medals at the state meet.

Leading with seven outs to go, the Houston High School baseball team suffered a heartbreaking defeat to Ava on Monday.

A new employee health insurance plan and steps to move forward on addressing dangerous downtown buildings were decided during a special meeting of the Houston City Council on Monday.

The National Weather Service said Texas County is under a flood watch through Thursday as more rainfall is expected. The National Weather Service said there is potential for strong to severe ...

Alleged cocaine use led to the arrest of two women during an investigation Sunday in the Bendavis area, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. An officer arrived on Highway 38 following a report of a ...

The Houston Ministerial Alliance will hold the annual mayor’s prayer breakfast at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, May 1, at the Houston Storm Shelter at 191 N. First St. Breakfast will be served by Texas County ...

Texas County finished the first week of the spring firearms turkey season in fifth place in Missouri. On Tuesday, hunters in the county had killed 509 birds. The breakdown is: 466 adult gobblers, 41 ...

A Texas County investigation led to felony second-degree domestic abuse charges against a Mountain Grove man. Jonathan M.E. Horner, born in 1990, is charged with the class D felony. He is held in the ...

Texas County Memorial Hospital ended 2024 with total operating revenues of $41,880,547, a 5.5 percent increase over 2023, the TCMH board of trustees heard at their monthly meeting last Tuesday ...

Texas County Memorial Hospital is hosting a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 16. Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) will collect blood donations in the Jayson Gentry ...

Kēvin Lee Niebruegge was born on Oct. 10, 1958, to Jim and Patsy (Williams) Niebruegge in Houston, Missouri. He sadly passed away on April 24, 2025, at the age of 66.

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