The event will be held Saturday, September 12, at Route 66 Stadium.

This week in arts news: Springfield celebrates women in jazz at Hold Fast Brewing, literature takes over the Farmers Market of the Ozarks, a new Route 66 documentary comes to the Gillioz, the Japanese Fall Festival marks 30 years, and we hear from a local artist who submitted to NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest.

Religious exemptions, in which a parent or guardian declines to vaccinate their child with some or all required immunizations because of sincerely held religious beliefs, have more than doubled statewide in the past five years.

Give 5 helps connect people with volunteer opportunities.

Hear an update on plans for a new police station in Ozark, reporting on yesterday's Missouri Supreme Court hearings on Missouri's congressional maps and the latest from the City of Springfield on its public engagement on data centers.

Kampeter houses the McQueary College of Health and Human Services.

Crystal Cave and Fantastic Caverns are just two of a list of Missouri's show caves in operation today.

The state's highest court ordered Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to return Thursday afternoon as it decides whether to hold him in contempt.

Filmmaker John Paget will screen his feature length documentary this Saturday at the Gillioz.

The 25th anniversary of 9/11 will be remembered through an acclaimed album by Bruce Springsteen.