Gregory Holman

Located just east of Hammons Field, an old Springfield, Mo. quarry turned into parkland could become the site of a professional soccer stadium for men's and women's teams. Photographed Dec. 3, 2024.

Steve Watt is an elder and Lori McMillan is high priestess of Down to Earth Pagan Community Temple, based in the Missouri Ozarks. Photographed at Creamery Arts Center on December 5, 2024.

Flanked by emcees from official sponsor KY3, Springfield Mayor Ken McClure greets a crowd of hundreds of families at the Springfield Mayor's Tree Lighting and Holiday Show on November 23, 2024.

Timken Belts, 2601 W. Battlefield in Springfield. The company is laying off 97 workers. (photo taken January, 2025).

A trash receptacle outside an entrance to Springfield's municipal Environmental Resource Center is shown on January 8, 2025.

Flanked by the flags of the United States and Greene County, county commissioners Rusty MacLachlan, Bob Dixon and John Russell signed the 2025 budget into law on January 10, 2025.

Beginning October 2, 2023, Springfield City Council and the Springfield Planning & Zoning Commission will meet at the Springfield Police-Fire Training Center, 2620 W. Battlefield.

Since October 2023, Springfield City Council and the Springfield Planning & Zoning Commission have been meeting at the Springfield Police-Fire Training Center, 2620 W. Battlefield, while Historic City Hall undergoes renovations.

Recently, Midwest Newsroom has been working on a multi-part series called Unhoused/Unschooled. KSMU's Gregory Holman interviewed Midwest Newsroom reporter Kavahn Mansouri on how the taxpayer-funded system struggles to care for vulnerable kids, especially in rural communities.

Under the banner of "creating the beloved community," NAACP members and other residents of Missouri’s third-largest city commemorated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a march in downtown Springfield, followed by a program at the Gillioz Theatre.