KSMU - Ozarks Public Radio

05/30/2026

🎶 Say hello to The Sideburns, Studio Live's featured artist for June! This instrumental soul and funk band brings the groove with style, energy, and serious talent.

Get to know each member (beyond their nicknames) at Studio Live on Friday, June 12:
📻On air from 7:45 AM to 4:44 PM on KSMU 91.1 FM
🎙️In person at Social Hour from 6-8 PM at BrewCo 🍾

05/29/2026

National recognition for murals in Springfield, a blues festival helping community members in need, and new music from Annabelle Eve, David J. Hinson and Robert J. Martin. All in this week's Arts News.

National recognition for murals in Springfield, a blues festival helping community members in need, and new music from Annabelle Eve, David J. Hinson and Robert J. Martin.

05/29/2026

Keisha McMillen operates Liberated Creatives, an organization that she described as “a platform to inspire other people to express [and] heal themselves through the arts and to find community.”

The two organizations announced upcoming plans to screen the film “Finding Home" and to host an immersive art installation as well as a zine workshop.

05/28/2026

President Biff Williams announced seven-figures worth of gifts towards the new building, which he called a "front door" for alumni and donors. The center should be open this fall.

Missouri State University's Clifton M. Smart III University Advancement Center is being built along National Ave. It will house the Division for University Advancement, which includes the Missouri State University Foundation and Alumni Association.

05/27/2026

A proposal for additional staffing in the City Manager's office offers insights into strategies to work with developers.

A question at a special meeting of the Springfield City Council began a conversation on redevelopment and prioritizing resources.

05/21/2026

Good Samaritan Boys Ranch offers a transitional living program to help those aging out of foster care get off to a good start.

The center is in north Springfield near a Good Samaritan Boys Ranch apartment building.

05/21/2026

The Springfield Board of Education this week approved the more than $51,790,538 bid for Pershing Middle School construction.

SPS Executive Director of Operations Shawn Dilday said the projects are on time and on budget.

05/18/2026

KSMU listeners have enjoyed Marideth Sisco's stories for many years. The West Plains resident has died at 82.

Marideth Sisco lived in West Plains and helped many people learn more about the Ozarks through her writing and music.

05/15/2026

Alpha-gal allergies are caused by tick bites and leave people unable to tolerate mammalian products like beef, pork and dairy.

Alpha-gal syndrome is caused by a tick bite and leaves a person allergic to mammalian products.

05/14/2026

The Chadwick Flyer Bridge follows the old Chadwick Flyer Railway and allows pedestrians to cross Highway 65.

The bridge is part of the Chadwick-Flyer Trail between Springfield and Ozark.