Hear reporting on potential changes to the Springfield City Charter that will be before voters this November , and hear about newspaper publisher Eric Meyer visiting Springfield for a talk this week, the Kansas based publisher of the Marion County Record was notoriously raided by his local police in 2023.

The district recently launched the planning process and will hold two public meetings this month.

Eric Meyer will speak at the Library Center in Springfield on October 14 at 7 p.m.

Springfield Symphony Orchestra honors the late Dolly Parton, Mosaic Arts Collective brings “Jesus Christ Superstar” to the Historic Fox Theatre, Soundcheck with Drifter's Mile, The Shandies release their fourth studio album and we look at the Community Focus Report's take on arts in the Ozarks.

Louis Medlock is working on the nature-themed sculpture now and expects to finish it soon.

Hear news of Missouri state University's response to a staff person being detained by ICE this week, a preview of West Plains' Ozarks Heritage Festival and state reporting on the future of nuclear power in Missouri.

The festival, in its 30th year, celebrates the musical and cultural traditions of the Ozarks.

Paul J. Essel has been a grants accounting manager at Missouri State since 2019. He is originally from Ghana. Greene County Jail records indicate Essel was detained by ICE in Springfield Wednesday afternoon.

A data center developer and LLCs associated with him are now involved in four separate lawsuits in four separate counties across the region.

New observatories drop this year.