SLIDE SHOW: Houston volleyball vs. Cabool. (1:31 p.m.)
Fire departments from Tyrone and Clear Springs respond to mobile home fire on Highway AZ. (9:53 a.m.)
Courthouse open for absentee balloting on Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon. Sample ballot in Herald. (7:25 a.m.)
A South Carolina man was seriously hurt last night in a single-vehicle crash on Highway M southwest of Success, the patrol said. (7:21 a.m.)
Tommy W. Barton, 28, of Licking, seriously injured in crash Wednesday in Crawford County. (7:20 a.m.)
Obama coming to southwest Missouri Saturday.
Licking, Raymondville firefighters called to house blaze on East Highway 32 just outside of Licking city limits.
COSTUME CONTEST: Upload your cutie’s Halloween costume photo beginning today in the American Family Insurance Halloween Costume Contest.