Watt’s original plan was to have his cousin be an on-the-track rival and an off-the-track mentor. But life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.
Dan Bryan got an idea from an author who shares his son's name, Springfieldian Ethan Bryan. His book, A Year of Playing Catch, is about meeting new friends, and sharing old stories.
A good teacher is like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for others. Dr. Fleetwood, Nixa’s teacher of the year, has been that candle for the high school oftentimes burning at both ends.
“(Dr. Julian) said that if I got Jason Aldean to our school,” Roberts said, “we would definitely have the talent show. So, honestly, I was like, Okay, I’m gonna do it.”
Following World War II, the Wilson's Creek Foundation was created with the intent of purchasing the Civil War Battlefield as a way to honor those veterans.
Months after the end of World War II, it was here in Fulton on March 5, 1946, that Churchill created an infamous name for what he saw happening in Europe.
“These kids, Charlie and Landon, they find themselves in Alien plot to spy on human dreams,” Chauncey said. “And they have to save a magical Axolotl named Stanley.”
“This is our first step on preparing our students to taking that big ownership later on in life,” Life 360 Community Service afterschool director Billie Wiegand said.
Standing outside the Greene County Courthouse, hundreds of people walk past and ignore a marker every day. But if you stop to read what’s on the black stone you’ll learn about a dark day in Springfield history.
Brent Foster’s gallery is on Highway O just south of Humansville. You can learn more at his website by clicking here or you can reach Foster at (417) 298-9084.
Teams of five have a 20′x20′ area to cook five different items at five different times. Their sponsor cannot reach into the area or the team would be disqualified.
In the fall of 1964, they had a stretch of 32-concerts in 31-days. With a day off before their tour’s finale in New York City, the Fab Four needed a break.
The next time you’re on C-Street, take an extra look at the table next to you, or across the dance floor because you never know who might be looking back.
Built as a luxury getaway for the most wealthy, this four-story building was also a college for women and most infamously Dr. Norman Baker’s hospital for cancer patients.
Drury’s campus has the only, known artifact of the Great Cobra Scare of 1953. Sitting on a professor’s desk is a glass jar with one of the 11 cobras who were loose on the streets of Springfield.
Sometimes a coach might learn a little something too. Villa explains, when you understand someone’s culture that helps explain why a person does something that seems odd or frustrating to others.
“When I get off work,” Amanda says, “I’m thinking about what I can do to help people more and what I can do to improve the trades and you know, help them get the benefits that they deserve.”
