Nixa News

Pictured: Becky Sawyer, Nixa Education Foundation president; Jeannie Johns ; and Kristy Horton, original scholarship board member; receive a check from Nixa School District board treasurer & executive director of finance, Brenda Rantz NIXA, Mo.

Kids in grades 6-12 can participate for free in Crafternoons, 3-7 p.m. at the Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell Ave.

Dow Whiting, owner of Garden Adventures nursery in Nixa, says the new hardiness zone maps prove that the Ozarks is now warm enough to grow plants, such as camellia, that were once ill-suited for the local climate.

After nearly two decades as a fugitive, a British man suspected of driving off with an armored car loaded with cash worth about $1.5 million has been captured in southwest Missouri, where he appeared in federal court wearing blue jeans and asking for a court-appointed defense attorney because he didn't have enough money to hire one.

The second annual Daddy Daughter Dance, sponsored by Springfield Ballet and Operation Us, starts at 6:30 p.m. today in the Exhibition Hall of the Creamery Arts Center, 411 N. Sherman Ave.

A southwest Missouri optometrist who filed a tax return claiming a $40 million refund has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison.

A British armored car guard suspected of driving off with a fortune worth $1.5 million back in 1993 has been captured in rural Missouri, where he had been working as a cable guy and raising a son who apparently knew nothing of his father's past.

Undated handout photo of British fugitive Eddie Maher who has been arrested in America after he had been on the run for 19 years after a $1.5 million raid on a security van in 1993.

Leon Fisher, owner of Bud and Walt's Chicago Style Pizza and Pasta house in Nixa, has a few little... This editorial is the view of the News-Leader Editorial Board Linda Ramey-Greiwe President and Publisher David Stoeffler Executive Editor Don Underwood Opinion Page Editor Cheryl Whitsitt Managing Editor Linda Leicht Senior Reporter This editorial ... (more)

Leon Fisher, owner of Bud and Walt's Chicago Style Pizza and Pasta house in Nixa, has a few little... An English security guard who disappeared 20 years ago with a van containing 1 million pounds in cash was taken into custody Wednesday in Ozark, according to the FBI.

Leon Fisher, owner of Bud and Walt's Chicago Style Pizza and Pasta house in Nixa, has a few little... Bustamante is escorted out of the Cole County Courthouse Wednesday in Jefferson City, Mo.

Leon Fisher, owner of Bud and Walt's Chicago Style Pizza and Pasta house in Nixa, has a few little... Bills in the Missouri House and Senate would allow Greene County commissioners to pass an ordinance to deal any properties that are considered a nuisance.

Moats, Kevin Schrauger and Colby Wickwar all signed national letters of intent Feb.

I have loaned to over 3,000 people in the Ozarks over the past eight years as the manager of a... Construct a FEMA shelter at Mathews Elementary.

A recent examination by USA TODAY found few states prosecuting adults who are mandated to report evidence of child abuse but fail to do so.

The city of Nixa purchased a $400,000 piece of land from the school district and plans to build some kind of ball fields there, but neighbors are concerned it's the wrong project for the area.

The district's board of directors announced the selection of Trent, a 20-year veteran of the Nixa Fire Protection District, in a news release Friday afternoon.

If Bob Reece wants to find a reason to vote against the no tax increase bond proposed by Nixa schools he should find a different one than 'expect an assessment increase.' It simply does not work that way.

Attend a Faculty Recital with tenor Stephen Bomgardner, 7:30 p.m. today at Drury University University 's Clara Thompson Hall, 900 N. Benton Ave.

A proposed compromise to expand Missouri's texting-while-driving law appears to have fallen flat in a Senate committee.