Springfield News

Opinion, commentary and analysis on everything that makes the U.S. housing economy tick -- not to mention the ghosts in the machine, too.

The cold and blustery conditions outside this morning as I write this post remind me of one of the most memorable and precious times I've had as a father.

Like any networking group, Women Who Rock Springfield pools like-minded talents to strengthen the whole.

Hello! Not much left of February. It's still winter in my little piece of the globe.

For those of you keeping track at home, there is now exactly one abortion clinic in the entire state of Missouri: Reproductive Health Services, in St. Louis.

Those are the figures Sen. Roy Blunt suggested would result from proposed cuts to the Army National Guard in Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's budget request.

A Springfield man was convicted Wednesday of shooting a man he had just met at a convenience store.

It's never a good idea to drink and get behind the wheel. It's worse if police wake you up and you drive right into their cruiser.

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Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park expects to open a Springfield location in October, the company announced today.

An ex-Missouri State University assistant professor has been accused of taking photos of men undressing in two locker rooms on campus.

I find it disappointing that Christian beliefs are openly mocked and wonder if the News-Leader would have published the cartoon had it ridiculed the beliefs of other religions? I think not.

Every once in a while, a restaurant comes across our radar that just forces a double-take.

A former longtime presiding commissioner for Greene County said it is "unlikely" he will run for a seat this year, but a new name has emerged as a local Democratic candidate.

Police continue to investigate a string of home invasions in which elderly people living alone were targeted.

When she lived in California, Lorraine Niess would spend the morning of Ash Wednesday at Mass.

Springfield's next superintendent is John Jungmann. The school board confirmed this morning that the current Liberty superintendent, who was named the sole finalist two weeks ago, will lead the district starting July 1. It was a unanimous decision.

David Shipps doesn't want Timmons Temple razed. Neither does he want it replaced with a three-story building with 86 "micro-efficiency" apartments.

Take a bite out of the Gulf at Big Pop's. Larry Burt and his sons, Lance Patterson and Ryan Burt, maintain a 700-mile supply line that keeps Springfield stocked with fresh seafood and traditional cooking from the Louisiana Gulf.

Icy conditions in Missouri's neighboring states, Arkansas and Tennessee, are prompting the Missouri Department of Transportation to encourage travelers to avoid taking southbound Interstate 55 toward Arkansas or southbound Interstate 155 toward Tennessee.