Claudette Riley

Luis "Lue" Elizondo, former head of the Pentagon's UFO Investigation Unit, is booked to appear in Nixa in mid-November. Tickets go on sale Sept. 11.

Springfield Police Maj. Stacey Parton retired from the department in late August. He is expected to step into the Ozarks Tech job Sept. 26.

Craig Finger, director of bands at Nixa High School, said the uniform design was "innocently viewed" as constellations and not the zodiac wheel.

Evangel President Mike Rakes: "The vision I had coming in was that a liberal arts education with a Biblical worldview was not dying, that it was more needed."

A park on North Glenstone Avenue, where there have not been a lot of places for children to play, is now open. More than 1,200 people showed up for the ribbon-cutting ceremony Sunday.

One of the primary goals Richard "Biff" Williams set for his first year as president of Missouri State was to come up with a new strategic plan.

The showing of a documentary about America's civil unraveling — and a discussion with the directors — will serve as the kickoff to Missouri State's 21st annual Public Affairs Conference.

Susan Hardy, a senior in history at Missouri State, is now a nonvoting member of the MSU Board of Governors.

Springfield News-Leader Missouri school districts have the authority to go after the licenses of teachers who quit on short notice, and a