Public meeting hosted by commission highlights concerns of people from county and beyond regarding data center developments.

The Marshfield R-I School District has appointed Garrett Lowder as its next superintendent. Lowder is scheduled to start in the district's top leadership role in the 2026-27 academic year, according ...

Last edited 9:59 p.m., April 8, 2025 [Editor's note: Quotes from Jeff Schrag and Mary Collette have been added.] Businessperson Jeff Schrag has been elected as the next mayor of Springfield. Schrag ...

An Ozark funeral home is under new ownership. Springfield-based Greenlawn Funeral Homes took over the operation of Barnes Family Funeral Home this month, according to a news release, which did not ...

OpenAI announced plans to create a new unit with a more than $4 billion initial investment. The company is buying AI consulting firm Tomoro to help the new unit scale. The investment will allow the ...

The annual Price Cutter Charity Championship, which doubles as a professional golf tournament and fundraiser for children's charities, has been canceled in 2026. Rob Marsh, tournament executive ...

The MSU Board of Governors received a sneak peek May 7 of design options for the football locker room inside McDonald Hall ...

Saudi Aramco reported a 26% increase in first-quarter profits compared with a year earlier. Adjusted net income was $33.6 billion, up from $26.6 billion in first-quarter 2025. Analysts expected net ...

The Missouri Department of Transportation has started construction on the expansion of Interstate 70 between Rocheport and Columbia.

China's factory inflation reached a 45-month high in April. The country's producer price index rose 2.8% from a year earlier. That exceeded a 1.6% forecast in a Reuters poll. Read ...

Missouri State University announced May 10 that Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte has been hired as an assistant coach and will join the team this summer.