Springfield News

The snow itself fell peacefully. What happened after wasn't always serene. Springfield donned a coat of white powder Friday as the first winter storm of the season moved through the Ozarks.

Friday's snow day means the Springfield public school year will end one day later in mid-May. It also means high school classes scheduled to wrap up this month will now finish Jan. 2, the day students are expected to return from winter break.

A southern Missouri church youth leader has been ordered to spend 10 years in federal prison for child sex charges.

Springfield police are investigating whether the driver of an SUV suffered a seizure Wednesday afternoon, just before a fatal crash.

De-icer and window scrapers, as well as $1-a-slice pizza and, of course, gasoline were the hot items at Friday's grand opening of a new 5,000-square-foot Kum & Go at Kimbrough Avenue and Elm Street in Springfield.

Drivers may not be seeing much pavement, but city plow crews are working steadily to keep snow from accumulating on local roads.

Springfield is already blanketed with snow -- but the National Weather Service expects another inch or two to fall this morning.

No one in the Greene County courtroom on Thursday doubted that Jarrod Sirois, 40, beat his roommate to death while stealing heroin.

He sat there criticizing everything the current administration is trying to accomplish.

Our family followed the game location, hosting or visiting my father's youngest brother's family in Joplin.

A group of high school students in Springfield, Missouri, took their school science project above and beyond: They've published a new theory about mysterious striped boulders on the moon in the journal Icarus and presented their work among graduate students at NASA's Lunar Science Institute Forum.

The founder of Askinosie Chocolate was honored with the 24th annual Humanitarian Award today for his efforts to feed and educate children, not just locally, but around the world.

The unemployment rate for the Springfield metropolitan statistical area declined to 4.7 percent in October from 5.0 percent in September, according to recently-released figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Building supply company Meek's will hold a grand opening in Springfield next week for the company's first "Meek's Express" store model.

Springfield Public Schools is open for business today. But district spokeswoman Teresa Bledsoe said the 25,000-student district is closely monitoring the weather forecast to see if any changes need to be made.

The National Weather Service has increased the predicted amount of snow accumulation by the end of Friday from 5 to 8 inches.

The Senate passed a tax incentive deal for Boeing on Wednesday after several hours of debate.

Years ago, eating at a Japanese steakhouse felt novel -- the idea of a chef cooking right in front of you was new and exciting.

When it comes to chorus groups, Springfield has a lot to brag about. It is home to the 2011 small chorus world champions: The Queen City Sound Chorus.

Help Give Hope, the largest children's charity you've never heard of, is frustrated! Forty percent of all young children in Springfield live in a welfare environment lacking adequate food, housing and other basics.