The April 8 election is slightly more than six weeks away. Here's a deeper look at the four candidates running for the ...

Tim Casey, currently chief academic officer, will oversee academic programming, strategic vision, spiritual guidance and ...

University of Illinois--Springfield, a public institution, has been offering online bachelor's degree programs since before 2000-2001. All of the online classes are recorded and archived so ...

A pedestrian struck by a vehicle in a parking lot almost two weeks ago died Monday, in what is now Springfield's second traffic fatality in 2025. In the early afternoon Jan. 16, Springfield police ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield woman has died from injuries she suffered in a crash on Jan. 16. According to a Facebook post from the Springfield Police Department (SPD), officers were called ...

Springfield police are asking people with information about a shooting that led to two men’s deaths to come forward. The shooting happened Sunday after 10 p.m. in the 2100 block of Larch Street ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - There were hours of heated debate at Monday night’s Springfield City Council meeting. The frustration is focused on a plan to build dozens of new homes. Developers want ...

Springfield police were dispatched to the 2100 block of Larch Street on initial reports of a shooting just after 10:15 p.m. A 911 caller told police about the shooting and said she feared a baby ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A developer is going in front of Springfield City Council asking to approve a plan for a new neighborhood north of the Galloway area. The housing would go in between two other ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — At the end of his Sunday service, the pastor of the First Haitian Evangelical Church of Springfield, Ohio, asked ushers and musicians to form a circle around him as he knelt ...