The Houston High School softball team played Liberty during the opening round of districts on Thursday in Mountain Grove.

A 2-run triple in the second inning from senior Lacey Cavaness gave the Lady Tigers a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

Houston High School boys basketball head coach Dan Narancich will host a Basketball Fundamentals Camp for elementary school age players toward the end of this month. The camp will take place in Hiett ...

Daniel Irwin, 72, was pronounced deceased at 11:41 p.m. at the prison in Licking. He was serving a 50-year sentence for five counts of second-degree child molestation out of St. Francis County and one ...

A Cabool man faces four felony charges after a Texas County Sheriff’s Department investigation of an incident on May 7. Nathan A. Jones, 30, is charged with two counts of domestic assault – third ...

Scoring 3 runs on only 3 hits, the Houston High School baseball team defeated Ellington on Thursday to pick up a nonconference win. “We are trending in the right direction and playing some of the best ...

The Houston High School baseball team played Ellington on Thursday at Tiger Field.

Janice Kaye Kettelkamp, 60, died on Monday, May 5, 2025. She was born on Jan. 30, 1965 in Columbia, Missouri, the daughter of Catherine and Ralph Cockrum.

“The Quilters,” a 33-minute film about a group of men in the South Central Correctional Center in Licking will be on Netflix. According to a synopsis, the film “follows the daily lives of several men, ...

A 69-year-old Eminence man drowned Thursday afternoon in the Jacks Fork River at an Alley Springs campground, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The man fell into the water, was unable to ...

The City of Houston electrical department supervisor was placed on administrative leave during a closed Houston City Council meeting on Monday. Michael Williams was placed on leave through a unanimous ...

State and county offices will be closed Thursday (May 8) for Harry Truman’s birthday. Mail service will not be affected.