Amos Bridges

News-Leader subscribers can expect something extra in their mail on Monday. As reported a month ago, beginning with the Monday, Dec. 4 edition, the U.S.

You'll still receive the News-Leader each day, Monday through Friday, and the Sunday edition will be delivered early, on Saturday afternoon.

From tragedy to triumph, News-Leader coverage in 2023 captured the challenges and evolving trends in Springfield and the surrounding Ozarks.

If this column was a comic strip, it might show a nervous editor waving a white flag while peeking around a bullet-riddled wall plastered with copies of the funny pages.

As we refresh our comics offerings, here's what's staying, coming and going (and how you can still read some of those online).

Beginning tomorrow, look for your copy of the Southwest Times Record and our other regional publications to arrive with your daily mail.

News-Leader editor Amos Bridges addresses the publication of an online story erroneously announcing a Springfield — Missouri — Trader Joe's.

Political endorsements for candidates running in the April 2 election must be submitted no later than March 24 to be considered.

Endorsements and other letters about political candidates running in the Aug. 6 election must be submitted no later than July 23 to be considered.

The program follows 81 veterans and their guardians on a daylong trip from the Ozarks to Washington, D.C., in August 2023.