The Center for Rural Education at Missouri State University has been opened to serve as an advocate and problem solver for smaller school districts who need help finding and retaining teachers, get funding for improvements, etc.
A federal grand jury indicted five defendants for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Texas County, Mo., and for illegally possessing firearms.
It's now been 31 years since the June 7, 1992 disappearance of three women in Springfield that brought the area national attention and numerous attempts to find out what happened.
The issue came up during a trial over a proposed ballot measure that would let voters decide in 2024 whether to amend the state constitution to guarantee abortion rights.