Ozarks history

Springfield has been chosen as the host city for the nationwide kickoff of America’s Route 66 Centennial Celebration in 2026.

Vance Randolph dedicated his life to finding and preserving music, stories and jokes from the Ozarks.

Missouri State University's 11th president began serving in an interim role on June 27, 2011.

For our pop-up series KSMU Summer Reading, reporter Gregory Holman interviews Susan Croce Kelly about her new biography of a legendary Springfield journalist.

The 56-year-old Smithsonian Folklife Festival honors living traditions in contemporary culture and celebrates those who practice and sustain them. Missouri State University Libraries' Tom Peters says this year's festival is the first with a focus on the Ozarks.

Missouri State University Libraries Dean Thomas Peters is co-curator of the two-week event.

Ozarks Public Radio has been documenting the lived experiences of transgender people in southwest Missouri. In the final part of this series, trans individuals share their responses to what they perceive as persecution in Missouri and around the country. A note for our listeners: This report contains frank discussion of sexuality, gender and acute political strife.

Ozarks Public Radio has been working to document the voices of transgender people living in southwest Missouri for this two-part series. A note for our listeners: This report contains frank discussion of sexuality and gender.

Silver Dollar City will close Fire in the Hole next year, a ride many park visitors have enjoyed for years. The theme of the ride includes a vigilante group that once ruled the Taney County area.

About 20 years ago, historian Lou Wehmer bought a collection of old negatives from a longtime photographer in Willow Springs. The negatives were each…