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NIXA, Mo. -- Thousands of people filled the Westside Plaza in Nixa Saturday to bid on items that once belonged to a former city employee who is now behind bars. The city of Nixa is trying to recoup some of the money it lost when its former street department director, Larry Covington, embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from the city. He pled guilty to the crimes last year and is now in prison. Some of the items up for auction include guns, lawn equipment, furniture and clothes.

NIXA, Mo -- If it plugs in or runs on batteries, it can be recycled in Nixa this weekend! Often times, companies will charge you money to dispose of your unwanted electronics. On June 2, the city of Nixa will let you do it for free. It's not a good idea to just throw your old electronics in the trash. Electronic waste can be dangerous on the inside--lead, mercury, even arsenic. If the devices break, they can leak and contaminate the environment. (EDITED PRESS RELEASE) - The City of Nixa, in association with Computer Trade Recycling Center, will hold an e-cycle event from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 2 at The Nixa Community Center, 701 N. Taylor Way. Items accepted include: laptops*, desktop computers*, lawn equipment, televisions, cell phones, telephones, cameras, batteries, printers, large and small appliances, stereo equipment, LCD and CRT TVs and monitors (limit one per household)

NIXA, Mo. -- The highly anticipated semifinal game in the Nixa Invitational Friday night featuring the David and Goliath matchup of Nixa and Billings went to Goliath, as the Eagles crushed the Billings Wildcats 87-57 to advance to the championship of their own tournament.  Jordan Epps scored 26 points to lead four Eagles in double figures as Nixa shook off an early Billings threat to cruise to the win.  The capacity crowd was ready for a...

NIXA, Mo. - Police are investigating a late Sunday night shooting in Nixa. According to a release, police say a 37-year-old man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  It happened at around 11 p.m. at a house in the 400 block of south Devonshire.  Police say the victim was transported to a Springfield hospital where he was pronounced dead. Nixa officials say an autopsy will be completed.    

NIXA, Mo. -- Firefighters say a home is a total loss after a fire on Friday afternoon. The fire started at a home in the 1500 block of Emerald Hills drive shortly after 1 p.m. Firefighters found the fire spreading throughout both eaves of the home.  Nobody was home.  However, firefighters rescued three dogs and a cat from the basement. It took nearly an hour and a half to control the fire.  The homeowner is receiving assistance from family, friends and the Red Cross.  

NIXA, Mo. -- Some Nixa residents woke up without electricity early Wednesday morning.  Christian County dispatchers and the City of Nixa's answering service confirmed power was out to parts of the city.  About 500 customers were without power.   It was restored to all customers within a couple of hours.   A city spokesman says the outage was the result of an underground powerline shorting out.

NIXA, Mo., -- It took a half-dozen fire departments to save a home in Nixa after flames erupted. The fire started shortly after 7p.m Saturday night in the 1700 block of east Pine.       Firefighters say the flames were contained to two bedrooms. Crews from six nearby departments were called in to help douse the flames. More hands were needed because there were no hydrants nearby. The family wasn't home at the time, and the damage can be repaired.

A celebration dating back to 1958 was renewed again this weekend in Nixa. Folks turned out for the annual Sucker Days event, featuring sucker fish that were fried, baked, broiled, and cooked up in a variety of different ways. It's one of the more unusual festivals in the Ozarks but one that helps the local economy.  Along with restaurants and hotels seeing business, the event gives two, $1,000 scholarships to high school students. This year Sucker Days included a talent show and beauty contest for many different age groups.

NIXA, Mo. -- If it plugs in or runs on batteries, it can be recycled here on Saturday!  The City of Nixa, in association with Computer Trade Recycling Center, will hold an e-cycle event from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at The Nixa Community Center, 701 N. Taylor Way. Items accepted include: laptops*, desktop computers*, lawn equipment, televisions, cell phones, telephones, cameras, batteries, printers, large and small appliances, stereo equipment,...

NIXA, Mo. -- A Scout leader here has been selected as one of the top 55 scoutmasters of the Boy Scouts of America.  Timothy Russell will receive his award at the BSA's National Annual Meeting in Grapevine, Texas, on May 23-25. Russell was scoutmaster of Troop 200, charged by Nixa Christian Church, from 2009 to 2012.  He is now an assistant scoutmaster of the same troop.  During his tenure as scoutmaster, the troop averaged about 75 youth members and 40 adult leaders, making it one of the largest troops in the 31 counties of the Ozark Trails Council, which is based in Springfield.  Russell, who is a regional wildlife supervisor for the Missouri Department of Conservation, also led more than 25 young men to achieve the rank of Eagle in his time as scoutmaster.  Over his four years in that position, Russell spent countless hours in meetings and conferences helping the young men learn new skills and advance in their ranks.  He spent hundreds of nights sleeping in the woods to give the Scouts opportunities to learn outdoor skills, leadership, team building, and simply enjoy the outdoors.  “We have arranged this special opportunity for 55 top Scoutmasters to be recognized for their dedicated service and to participate in program development sessions with the volunteer and professional leadership of the National Boy Scout Council,” said the BSA's Chief Scout Executive Wayne Brock.

NIXA, Mo.-- Two teenagers from Nixa High school graduated Sunday afternoon, then later that night were jailed for possessing meth at Project Graduation. Project Graduation is intended to keep kids out of trouble. The seniors are 17 and 18 years old.  KY3 News is not releasing their names because they have not been formally charged. Project Graduation is a huge undertaking by parents to offer kids a place to party after graduation and not be faced with peer pressure about alcohol and drugs.

SPRINGFIELD -- Several hundred motorcycle riders on Sunday hit the streets for the sixth annual Motorcycle Safety Awareness ride.      The 75-mile journey left from southwest Springfield to tour several surrounding towns including Republic, Strafford, and Nixa.      The month of May is Motorcycle Safety Month.     As the weather warms up, more motorcycle riders are on the streets; hey want to make sure that other drivers are aware of their presence. Motorcycles may look farther away than they really are because of their smaller size, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

NIXA, Mo. -- The Christian County sheriff says a standoff that followed a domestic dispute ended peacefully just north of Nixa shortly after 10 a.m.  Officers arrested a man who barricaded himself inside a home. Police cordoned off the Empire Bank and English Village Park mobile home complex to the west of U.S. 160 with crime scene tape after a man barricaded himself in the home.  The city deployed its tactical response team.  A nearby childcare center was evacuated as a precaution.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Two employees of KY3 Inc., who are in Boston for the marathon are not injured after two explosions at the finish line.  KY3 News reporter/anchor Paul Adler is there with his wife, Melissa, who ran the race.   KSPR reporter Joanna Small, who ran the race, is there with her husband, Mark. Melissa Adler was receiving her medal for finishing the race when the explosions occurred.  Paul Adler was not with her at the time, but they are now together and were trying to make their way out of the area about 2:30 (Central time)

NIXA, Mo --  In a time when every second counts, some firefighters in the Ozarks are depending on their training and their new iPads. The days of pulling out a paper map are being replace with a touch screen. Firefighters say they can get to emergencies faster with the swipe of a finger. Every second counts when responding to an emergency.  "Fires expand and double in size anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute.  Those seconds were we can get to the house faster and get the proper location and critical information is very important," said Whitney Weaver with the Nixa Fire Protection District.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Every bowler aspires to achieve the perfect game, but relatively few people reach that mark -- much less bowl strikes several frames in a row. But that's what David Krol of Nixa High School did March 26 during a league competition against Glendale High School. Krol, who anchors the Nixa High bowling team -- meaning he is the last bowler to shoot for his group -- achieved a 300 game at the young age of 17. Krol fired 12 strikes in succession to reach perfection in the game.

OZARK, Mo. -- It was reported over the weekend as an attempted kidnapping, but now Ozark police say it was just a misunderstanding after a man apparently lost his dog.  Police say a driver approached two 14-year-old girls when they were walking around in their neighborhood on Friday evening.  The first report was that he told them to get into his van, but police now say he was just wanting to talk to them about the dog. Friday's incident was...

NEAR SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A woman near Springfield has found a Nixa police dog that was reported missing around 8 a.m. Thursday. Jannie, a 3-year-old Belgian malinois, was reported missing at 8 a.m. from her home in the Whispering Hills neighborhood near southwest Springfield. According to Nixa police, Ofc. Shawn Clark, Jannie's handler, is away on training and his wife discovered the dog was gone but the latch to the dog's kennel latched. A KSPR viewer posted to the Leigh's Lost and Found Facebook page that she had found a dog matching Jannie's description in the Deer Run subdivision near Missouri Route MM and Interstate 44. Nixa police brought the dog back safely.

Nixa, Mo. -- Nixa police are on the search for a man who they believe could be trying to lure children into his vehicle.  People who live on South Harrison, near Art Hill, first reported the man to police Thursday night. Brandi Long lives on the South Harrison with her husband and three children.  She said a man wearing a Carhart zip-up jacket and dark-colored baseball cap drove up and down the street several times in a Green Ford Explorer or similar SUV Thursday night around 6 o'clock.