Other legislation that could be considered in the last week of the 2026 session includes a wide-reaching education bill and measures to limit vehicle inspections and raise the rural highway speed limit.

Renew Missouri received funding from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks for the new program.

Federal prosecutors said the teenager was driven in handcuffs from California to a Christian reform school in southwest Missouri. Agape Boarding School later closed amid an abuse scandal.

Ozarks Lyric Opera teams up with a local author and musician to create “Dream Big,” a story about Ella Kate Ewing, aka “The Missouri Giantess,” Live From Downtown returns for its second season, Episode 6 of “The Life and Times of Curtis Lee,” Central Springfield Community Choir’s upcoming pops concert, Western swing music at The Shrine, and Soundcheck with Little Jones.

Lost & Found, a local organization that provides professional grief support services, has created a list of methods for managing grief during the upcoming holidays.

For the first time since 2017, the legislature's annual appropriation for public education stays the same instead of increasing.

Burlison and 10 colleagues have written a letter to two top officials in Washington D.C. claiming the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine has been "the victim of ideological capture."

Hear State reporting on a hack of the virtual learning app canvas that is impacting the University of Missouri system and a special report from an event in Nixa celebrating future teachers.

Nonperishable food can be left by the mailbox to be given to those facing hunger.

The district held a signing this week for seniors who plan to study education after they graduate this spring.