A park project at least nine months in the making should deliver a dryer, safer playground at McCauley Park, near the Nixa Community Center. more

The proposal would leave Missouri's members of the U.S. House of Representatives with a 6:2 ratio of Republicans to Democrats, based on current officeholders and traditional voting patterns. more

Most school districts in southwest Missouri have canceled classes or shifted to virtual learning for the day, due to snow and ice on roads and highways. more

Court records show that the appeal was filed and referred to the Missouri Southern District Court of Appeals in Springfield on Dec. 28. more

Deanna Moore has been selected as the new publisher of the Phillips Media weekly group in southwest Missouri. Moore will be in charge of the daily newspaper operations for the Marshfield Mail, Christian County Headliner, Buffalo Reflex, Cedar County Republican and the Bolivar Herald-Free Press. more

It's faster, it's more communicable and it needs less time to incubate. The omicron variant of COVID-19 arrived in southwest Missouri. more

The White River Valley Electric Trust Board awarded $75,033 to teachers in 20 school districts within the cooperative's service area. more

Clara Jacqueline Everding, born to parents Nathan and Kelly of Nixa, arrived at 12:38 a.m. at Cox Medical Center South. more

For a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month, the DSIM charge would cost approximately $0.87 per month. It will appear as a  separate line item on customer monthly bills. more

Judge Jessica Kruse loses the word "associate" in her title and becomes a circuit judge. Steven Ward will fill the Associate Circuit Judge vacancy created by Kruse's appointment to circuit judge. more

A million minutes is a huge amount of time. How big? Another way of putting it is a thousand THOUSAND minutes of reading. But how, you ask, could anyone ever read that much? Together, we can — as a community. This January 3 - 31, we challenge everyone (and ourselves) to reach that reading goal. more

Nixa Police need your help identifying two young boys who were found walking down a street in 47-degree weather by a passerby. more