Businesses are a key foundation in everyday life. New businesses sprout up every day, unfortunately, some can't even get off the ground due to a lack of understanding of how they work. Abby Voelker,...
Nixa’s Early Learning Center held its Fairytale Night on Thursday, March 13. Fairytale Night is an open house event for students and their families. Students go through every classroom...
The Nixa School District is committed to supporting students with disabilities and has expanded extracurricular programs and mental health resources.
Students with disabilities receive personalized...
From the herbal remedies of settlers to mysterious ghost tales and strings of fiddles, folklore has remained a constant in the Ozarks, dating back to the first arrival of settlers in the early 18th century.
Before...
As Spring begins to emerge and flowers beginning to bloom in Rotary Park, sounds of life and new vegitation, may create a desire for clean spaces. Spring cleaning is commonly associated with cultural traditions...
Artists in the Nixa area find sources of inspiration in a variety of ways, and some of those sources come from other cultures — both cultures around the Ozarks as well as the world.
Professor of Art...
News stories about people getting lost while hiking tend to gain widespread attention. Just a couple of months ago, a man named Hadi Nazari went missing at Kosciuszko National Park in Australia, surviving...
Out of the cars registered in the U.S., 16 percent are considered collector cars, including classics: that would be 43 million cars out of all 275 million cars registered–according to Hagerty. While...
Jack Edwards, Social Media Manager
• March 3, 2025
From responding to late-night 911 calls to rushing through the city to save someone's life, the duties of first responders stretch far and wide. On duty, they strive to put their all into helping citizens...
Processed foods have been more prevalent in the diets of people across America in recent decades. It has been promoted to eat crispy chips, sweet candy and sugary drinks such as soda throughout the media...
From coffee shops to fast food restaurants, the expectation to tip has become more common. With this rise of encouragement to tip,
Americans might feel pressure to spend their dollar on a service not...
Readers Theater provides a hands-on experience, allowing students to share their thoughts and ideas to contribute to the show. This type of performance is portrayed through facial and vocal expressions....
![Abby’s Acai food truck parked in a farmers market. “I think students can see that it isn’t as difficult as they might think, founder of Abby’s Acai Company, Abby Voelker said. “I started it in college, so I hope it [meeting students] encourages students that they can run their own business at any age.”](https://nixajournalism.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Food-Truck.jpg)
