Nixa News

Judge John Moody of Mansfield reduced Thomas Naumann's first-degree murder conviction to second-degree murder on Monday.

For years there has been a terrible odor during the summer in the area of Mid Rivers mall and Interstate 70.

Michelle Wilkerson has been hired as the new principal of Espy Elementary in Nixa, according to a news release.

A first-degree murder trial abruptly ended on Tuesday afternoon when a woman from Nixa pleaded guilty to a reduced charge.

The Nixa school district, one of the fastest growing in the state, has encountered a giant roadblock -- the economic recession of 2009.

A Nixa man suffered serious injuries Monday night in a single-car crash on Mo. 14 in Douglas County, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

The athletic programs at Ozark and Nixa high schools have made their mark on the Ozarks.

Ozark -- No bids have come in to purchase a house built by the Ozark High School building trades class, an indicator that the economic slump has affected Christian County, according to Kevin Patterson, the school district's executive director of operations.

Area road work will bring these restrictions today . - One westbound lane of Route 744 closed west of West Bypass.

The new sales tax approved by Christian County voters in April, to fund Nixa and Christian County emergency 911 districts, will take effect Oct.

Amateur radio operators -- popularly known as 'hams' -- in southwest Missouri will take part in an annual field day at several locations Saturday and Sunday.

Residents of Nixa will have to find a new way to celebrate Independence Day this year.

The 2009 Summer Concert and Car Show Series, sponsored by Family Pharmacy, will continue Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Crimson Plaza shopping center at Missouri 14 and Ridgecrest in Nixa.

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The Calvary Bible Church in Nixa invites everyone to its annual Freedom Celebration on Sunday, June 28, said Pastor Lance Ogden in a news release.

Victoria Dalton was 12 when she started doubting that she'd ever graduate from high school.

Six-year-old Tyler Egan stayed up after his dad went to work at 6 a.m last Wednesday and, as he often does, started making a snack while everyone else slept.

Nixa -- A day after Mayor Brian Hayes was formally charged with drunken driving, one Nixa alderman publicly asked for Hayes' resignation.

A Stone County, Mo., sheriff's deputy who was in Georgia for his annual U.S. Army Reserve training was arrested here at his hotel room early Tuesday.

Nixa Mayor Brian Hayes apologized late Wednesday for a "very poor decision" -- a move prompted when prosecutors charged Hayes with drunken driving.