An evening of music is planned May 15 when the Houston School District bands perform. Students in four bands will perform beginning at 6:30 p.m. They include concert band, modern band, beginning band ...

U.S. Postal Service mail carriers will collect dry food donations at mailboxes this Saturday. To participate, residents place non-perishable food items in a bag near their mailbox, and letter carriers ...

With the district tournament beginning this week, the Houston High School softball team has played as well or better recently than at any point during the season.

The Houston High School softball team hosted Bourbon Monday (May 5) at Carter Field. To view a photo gallery from the contest ...

At the 2025 South Central Association conference championships Monday at Mountain Grove, the Houston High School girls track and field team took second and the boys placed fifth.

The Houston High School tennis team traveled to Springfield last Thursday for the Class 1 District 5 Individual District Tournament at the Gillenwaters Tennis Complex.

The number of turkey kills recorded in Texas County stood at 811 on Tuesday. Hunters in the county have killed the fifth highest in Missouri. The breakdown is: 735 adult gobblers, 70 juvenile gobblers ...

An early payoff of the pool loan and a project to digitize the city’s cemetery were approved during a Houston City Council meeting on Monday.

A dominant start from senior Shaun Buck and underclassmen hitting carried the Houston High School baseball team to a victory over Hartville on Monday at Tiger Field.

Memorial Day ceremonies will be held at each of the five Missouri Veterans Cemeteries, including one at nearby Fort Leonard Wood, on May 26. The event is 1 p.m. at Fort Leonard Wood. The ceremony is ...

The accident on a county road northeast of Winona occurred when the vehicle ran off the roadway and overturned. Three other persons were injured, ages 18, 18 and 24. They were from the St. Louis area.

The woman consented to a search, and during the process, methamphetamine and drug-related items were found in a backpack she was carrying. The woman said she had stolen the backpack from her boyfriend ...