Clever Superintendent Dr. Brian Breeden received an Emerging Superintendent award at the Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA) conference on Wednesday, March 20. more

Educators devote limitless time, and often their own resources, to helping students pursue their passions. To recognize the contributions of Missouri’s leading agricultural teachers, Nationwide and the Missouri FFA Foundation are honoring exceptional teachers as semi-finalists for the Missouri Golden Owl Award. more

Are you proud to be a Tiger? Whether you graduated from Ozark High School or not, you are currently a part of the Ozark community and Ozark Schools want you to show your Ozark Tiger pride. That is why Ozark School District, in partnership with the Ozark Chamber and City of Ozark, kicked off the Red Friday Ozark campaign Friday, March 22. more

An Evening with Richard Dreyfuss will be held at Nixa’s Aetos Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m. more

If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1924, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm. more

Children’s Smile Center has hired Sandy Thompson to be Community Relations Director for its nonprofit dental clinics. more

The PBR (Professional Bull Riders) announced the original extreme sport will be returning to Springfield at Great Southern Bank (GSB) Arena during the 2024 Labor Day weekend for PBR Thunder Days, the home-stand of the Bass Pro Shops-owned Missouri Thunder in the PBR Camping World Team Series. more

If “all politics is local,” then April 2 is a big day for voters in Southwest Missouri. The Informed Voter Coalition, a nonpartisan group dedicated to empowering voters and fostering engagement between candidates and citizens, is extending its reach to include Christian County candidates alongside those in the Springfield area for the upcoming elections. more

Ozark Middle School (OMS) was filled with laughter, joy and singing on March 8, 2024, as the Ozark community, state and local representatives, school and District staff and OMS choir students gathered to cut the official ribbon for the OMS storm shelter, classrooms, offices and new entrance. more

Spokane R-VII announced Mr. Glen Johnson as the Spokane Middle School principal and Spokane R-VII Athletic Director for the 2024-2025 school year. Current principal, Dr. Joel Carey, is retiring at the end of the 2023-2024 school year. more

The City of Nixa has launched Nixa 2045, a process for planning the city’s growth for the next 20 years and beyond. The city is gathering public input for this new comprehensive plan process to help develop a plan that guides the decision-making, development and infrastructure projects across the community and serves as a road map to visualize where the community wants to go as a city and the path to reach that destination. The focus of the plan emphasizes land use, transportation, education, parks and trails, development patterns, housing types, infrastructure and economic development. An initial public survey was launched in late 2023 for the community to share their priorities for Nixa’s future. more

Mecole Hardman, Jr., from the Kansas City Chiefs, is set to come to Nixa’s Aetos Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 21. In this special evening in the Meridian Title Performance Hall, starting at 7:00 p.m., Hardman will share about his life, challenges and how he found success as a way to inspire others to follow their dreams and the hard work it takes to achieve those. more