SPRINGFIELD – As a young child, Mary Jo McDonald spent years in foster care and was on the list to be adopted by a new family ...

“Financial empowerment is a critical component of building a strong and resilient community,” said Tim Sheehan, Chief ...

The Red Angus Youth Expo, which teaches young people about agriculture and beef production, is being held in Springfield, Missouri, and is expected to draw hundreds of people from around the ...

Miní, a wild-born female jaguar, takes an unbelievable journey from the Iberá Wetlands to the Gran Chaco forest to revive a ...

Various Springfield restaurants and food establishments were found to be in compliance with food safety regulations, with only a few minor violations noted.

Legislative reforms to Cook County’s property tax system almost uniformly stalled this legislative session, halting efforts to give tax breaks to more seniors and those walloped with big bills, and to ...

In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that ...

An Australian television journalist was hit in the leg by a nonlethal round Sunday while reporting live from downtown Los Angeles on the large-scale protests over ...

(AP) - Two people were killed by falling trees and tens of thousands were left without power as severe storms rolled through the South over the weekend.

We show up because showing up is meaningful, even when a particular service is not especially rewarding. We attend the party ...