Hunters taking part in opening weekend next month will need to test deer from more counties.

Public comment is being accepted through October 28.

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Hear reporting on state regulator plans to look at programs helping citizens pay their energy bills, potential new state rules allowing curbside service at marijuana dispensaries and a program by the Missouri Department of Conservation teaching the public about bats.

Randy Bacon, a long-standing Springfield portrait photographer and filmmaker, premieres The Soft Surrender at the Gillioz Theatre on Nov. 1.

Productions of “Dance Nation” at Credo Arts Center will run from October 23 to October 27 and will feature both dance and theatrical performances.

If approved in November, the program would begin next March.

Hear reporting on SNAP payments being put on pause for November, the latest on a potential rental inspection program in Springfield, reporting on the sale of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame building and a look at the MSU Care Clinic on its tenth anniversary.

The foundation, which makes and administers charitable grants throughout 63 counties, bought the downtown location in February of last year and began renovation in January of this year.

Around 45 people signed up to speak about two controversial rezoning proposals.