After abatement and selective demolition, the project has surpassed its original $16.5 million budget. The project needs an additional $6.7 million to close the funding gap.

ARPA funds are required to be completely spent by the end of 2026. The building was added to the Springfield Historic Register in 1973 and joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Requests for carryover funds exceeded $6.5 million despite the Springfield City Council only having $1.38 million left to ...

While the Trump administration rescinded an order blocked by a federal judge that had frozen federal grants, local entities ...

Eight markers are in place along the Springfield-Greene County African-American Heritage Trail. The next will be dedicated in February.

Local historian Brian Keller shares the story of the businessman with a big heart. Plus, a look at St. Ellen Mine in 1950 and ...

Lee Zeldin has been sworn in as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 17th administrator, inheriting an agency ...

Renovations are also underway at The Library Center branch in south Springfield and the historic Midtown Carnegie Branch downtown. The current Republic branch library building will remain open ...

Imagine a place where time stands still, nostalgia oozes from every corner, and burgers are so good they’re practically a ...

Healing and building ... Sunday at historic Pitts Chapel. With the Democratic Party on its heels in the wake of Donald Trump’s second inauguration to the U.S. Presidency, Springfield ...

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