Sense of Community

We begin our series on election integrity by asking how elections and voting have changed over time.

Fatal drug overdoses have gone up by 59 percent between 2016 and 2021, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

Our Sense of Community series on the City of Springfield's comprehensive plan, Forward SGF, looks at some of the goals identified within the plan's five core elements. This episode explores efforts by Ozark Greenways to massively expand its trail network.

Our Sense of Community series on the City of Springfield's comprehensive plan, Forward SGF, looks at some of the goals identified within the plan's five core elements. In this segment, we're looking at a plan to improve some Springfield historic neighborhoods — Restore SGF.

The 31-year-old president of VisionCon died of COVID-19 on June 2, 2021. He left behind a loving family, a fiance and many friends.

‘He was just the rock as usual,’ Linda Falk said of her husband, Joe Falk, who lived from 1968 until 2022.

David Patillo worked at the Springfield-Greene County Library for 27 years before passing away from COVID-19 on August 8, 2021. His family remembers him in this Sense of Community episode.

Missouri State University student athlete Manuela Ngo Tonye Nyemeck and MSU's director of student athlete development and community engagement A'dja Jones talk about racism in the United States.

Dr. Bob Carolla was one of the first oncology doctors to practice in Springfield. In this StoryCorps conversation, he tells his wife, Peg Carolla, how his younger brother John's passing inspired his practice of writing letters to the loved ones of his deceased patients.

Jordan Schreiber talks with Casey Daugherty about what the former teacher's support meant to her as she struggled to come to terms with her sexuality.