Agriculture isn’t Missouri’s biggest-earning economic sector — but its importance to state history and culture is profound. In southwest Missouri, the Greene County Commissioners Ag Tour celebrates farming each fall.

Attempts to remove books from the Nixa school district in Christian County made national news in 2023. Calls to label and remove materials have also reshaped the county’s public library, prompting waves of public concern following a recent meeting of the Library Board.

For the second time since May, a small group of Missouri sexual abuse survivors gathered at the federal courthouse in downtown Springfield to denounce boarding school abuse in rural areas. A note for our listeners and readers: This report contains frank discussion of severe abuse allegations.

Just ahead of the holiday weekend, Missouri’s third-largest city announced it's taking additional action against the owners of a downtown building for low-income residents.

Several years ago, Springfield approved a redevelopment plan for Kearney Street, once known for its vibrant car cruising culture. Officials are now looking at new efforts to boost business in the area.

SPD offers have clocked people going over 100 mph recently on area highways.

Dwayne Fulk will take over the top job from Gary Gibson who's retiring at the end of the year.

After hours of comments by local residents at a Thursday-night meeting, commissioners voted 6-to-2 against the plan. One commissioner who lives in the residential area near the corner abstained to avoid a conflict of interest.

The property in question is a 5.4-acre parcel located on a looping stretch of road just west of the Library Center. A company called Ridge HZ55 wants to transform the western half of it from open land thick with weeds and wildflowers to a 55-plus residential care facility. They hope to sell off the eastern portion of the land.

Missouri’s third-largest city had 128 traffic deaths from 2019 through 2023. Now, Springfield city leaders are looking at an approach called Vision Zero in hopes of eliminating car crash fatalities by 2040.