Nixa News

When Gov. Jay Nixon rolled out a plan in January to freeze tuition at state universities and community colleges by not cutting their appropriations, there was grumbling among Republican lawmakers that he superceded their authority.

A federal grand jury indicted the owners of Guaranty Title, formerly headquartered in Nixa, for participating in a $2.6 million conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.

Crime Stoppers is asking for help locating Carlton Williamson, who is wanted on the following warrants: second-degree robbery, parole absconder, forgery, resisting arrest and multiple other misdemeanor warrants.

By next spring, grocery shoppers here should have another place to pick up the ingredients for their meals.

Ozark -- A vote by the Ozark Board of Aldermen to switch the city's parks board from an administrative body to an advisory body creates a new system designed to provide more oversight of the parks department, its facilities, employees and finances.

A ROSE: To Campbell Ford in Ozark. We bought a pre-owned car from them recently and even though it wasn't under warranty, they fixed several things for us and treated us in a way that made me have a whole new attitude about a car dealership.

"I was told this only filled with the hundred year rain." More like the hundred day rain; Karen Keever says her backyard was completely flooded three, four, five times a year- when she was lucky.

As we've said before, Nixa police brought some tarnish to the department by doing their own probe of officers involved in a controversial Sept.

Nixa -- Least of These is gearing up to add another program to its holiday wish list.

An unseasonably warm November evening is the setting for some hot football action in Camdenton tonight.

Tonight's Class 1-5 sectional football games. All games kick off at 7 p.m. Nixa at Camdenton Ozark at Raytown South Rolla at Parkway North Webster Groves at Eureka Chaminade vs.

Christian County voters continue to cast their vote this afternoon, with turnout rate being what the county clerk expected.

Ozark -- Sentencing is set in January for a Nixa man convicted of raping a 10-year-old girl.

Kristen Bennett, a junior at Nixa High School, has been selected to march with the Macy's Great American Marching Band in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, according to a news release.

The Nixa Parks Department is hosting a Candy Cane hunt for kids on Dec. 5, according to a news release.

Christian County voters will head to the polls Nov. 3 to decide the future of a library and a school, as well as settling a local dispute.

The Christian Country rivalry between Ozark and Nixa hit the road today for the Class 4 sectional.

Nixa -- When the trickle-down effect of a lackluster economy reaches all the way to the very support system behind local businesses, it may feel like rock bottom.

It wasn't until Meg Alumno sank her final putt of the Class 2 state championship and walked off the 18th green at Fremont Hills Country Club in Nixa last Tuesday that the Kickapoo High School junior began to feel really nervous.

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