A very special thank you to the Houston Herald, foremost your friendship, and for allowing space for my writings.

I don’t recall what case was the focus or even where I saw it, but I recently read an online article in which a defendant in a court procedure entered an “Alford plea.” ...

Despite the game being tied at 2 after as many innings, the Houston High School baseball team lost 12-2 in five innings to Mountain Grove on Monday.

Local farmer and realtor Hannah Kelly officially announced her campaign for State Senate in 2026. A fifth generation resident of Wright County, Kelly will be running for the Senate seat being vacated ...

With a heavy heart, we announce the passing of Thomas Michael Aldridge, 75, of Raymondville, Missouri, at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, Missouri on April 7, 2025.

Letter: It has been three weeks since Ms. Kathy Love wrote an open letter to Representative Jason Smith with questions regarding our district.

Firefighters from several departments helped contain a natural cover fire Monday on Highway AH in western Texas County.

Cpl. Travis Brown reported that a 53-year-old man operating a 2015 Harley Davidson Sportster 48 ran off the end of a dead-end road — Lucky Road four miles west of Mansfield — and struck an embankment ...

The Houston High School baseball team played Mountain Grove on Monday at Tiger Field.

A 47-year-old man told the officers a storage shed on the property had been broken into and six boxes of Army-issued gear and many items of camping equipment with a total value of $10,614.73 had been ...

On April 10, officers arrested Benjamin A. Smith, 46, of Houston, on a Texas County warrant per charge possession of a controlled substance. Smith was transported to the Texas County Jail, where he ...

A comprehensive recap of last week’s municipal election. Almost 16 percent of the county’s registered voters traveled to polling precincts.