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Since April 2020, the Ozarks Food Harvest has distributed 22-million meals to its network of 270 hunger-relief organizations, making it the largest COVID-19-related donor to charities in southwest Missouri.

A major road project in West Plains is one step closer to being built.

Members of the Republican Party gathered Saturday at the Branson Chateau Convention Center as the Taney County GOP hosted its annual Lincoln Day event.

Black Lives Matter of Southwest Missouri held a silent vigil Saturday evening.

A Parkview High School sophomore was recently honored as the Missouri Youth of the Year by the state’s Boys & Girls Clubs.

The Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays got wildly different yet equally effective pitching performances in splitting their day-night doubleheader on Saturday.

Yadier Molina hit two home runs, doubled and drove in four runs in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 9-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.

U.S. Rep. Billy Long announced Saturday he is planning to hold a fundraising event at former President Donald Trump’s golf resort in Florida.

Saturday marks 417 Day! It’s the fourth consecutive year that the Springfield community has celebrated the day on April 17.

The Clean Green Springfield Initiative continues with a series of citywide cleanup activities through May, including work at multiple locations Saturday.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has cancelled an AMBER Alert as a child reported missing has been returned safely to law enforcement.

State and local health officials are warning of a potential for Legionnaires’ disease exposure at a hotel in Missouri.

A St. Louis councilman’s car was fired upon in what police are describing as a possible case of road rage.

Arkansas recently passed a law prohibiting gender confirming treatments for minors, becoming the first state to do so.

U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, who is considering running for the U.S. Senate, is holding a fundraising event at former President Donald Trump’s golf resort in Florida.

Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley shared updates earlier this week on two bills making rounds in the U.S. Senate.

Carrying H.E.R Weight creates a community fitness class with all proceeds going towards the Rebound Foundation.

Nathan Rinne took action after recently being banned from Camden County property.

Two pizza shop burglars in West Plains were recently caught on camera.

The Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-2 on Friday night.

Expansion is in the works for the Jordan Valley Innovation Center in downtown Springfield thanks to a generous donation from Brewer Science, Inc.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson continued to urge Arkansans to get vaccinated Friday, saying his goal was to have 1 million shots given by next week.

Vandals recently struck the Monett High School football field.

A bomb squad from the Springfield Fire Department assisted authorities in a suspicious vehicle investigation Friday morning outside of a gas station in Lamar, Missouri.

During the pandemic, local farms changed how they do business to meet the demand in the food supply.

A woman is in the Christian County Jail after Thursday’s multi-agency pursuit.

After a unanimous vote during the April 14 Branson Board of Alderman meeting, city leaders voted to repeal the mask mandate beginning April 16.

A jury has recommended the maximum possible sentence for a Kansas City man convicted of killing two women about a decade apart.

A 62-year-old man who shot and killed his son’s girlfriend during a custody dispute over his grandchildren accepted a plea deal in the case.

The shootings killed one man and injured three others Saturday at the Snappy Mart.