Joe Hadsall

The ribbon-cutting at Horace Mann Elementary Aug. 29 marked the first of four such events in coming weeks as a voter-approved bond issue allowed for similar gyms to be built at Wilder, Pittman and Watkins elementaries.

Several student groups at Drury University are asking for two students accused of making a racist video to be removed from student activities. Those groups will likely be kept in the dark about whether the students face discipline.

This year, Springfield Public Schools is bolstering its behavior management system by moving into classroom conduct.

A Springfield man has been arrested in connection with an assault that started after a confrontation in a church.

Glendale High School's Falcon Regiment is preparing for contests with a show featuring music with a supernatural '80s-era theme.

Springfield Public Schools is asking parents to be aware of a national trend where schools might be threatened in social media posts, but that none of them related to Springfield schools are credible.

A Cherokee Middle School student and her family are asking for the ability to compete in national contests, but a new SPS policy prevents overnight travel for middle schoolers.

Missouri State University is set to begin work to replace the roof of Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts and renovate classrooms in Greenwood Laboratory School.

The Springfield Board of Education approved a construction bid for a classroom expansion at Wilder Elementary related to the upcoming renovation of Pershing Middle School.

An elementary school in Nixa has been evacuated Wednesday because of a bomb threat.