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The proposal includes a purpose-driven day center, a non-congregate shelter and more.

In emails and a Tuesday meeting, community members were critical of statements, actions of select Springfield school board members.

Faith leaders from various churches around Springfield gathered Tuesday to discuss gun violence and what can be done to stop it.

To create a funding plan, city officials consulted with 20 local service providers, many of which are part of the Ozarks Alliance to End Homelessness.

A half-dozen formerly unhoused Springfieldians spoke to City Council on Tuesday.

The 29- year-old southwest Missouri woman and her husband had both been uninsured for years, making too little to afford private insurance, but too much to qualify for Medicaid under the old rules. The new eligibility guidelines, approved by Missouri voters in August 2020 after years of opposition from lawmakers, allowed adults in a family of five to qualify if...

The $2 million project has been in the works for years and houses 24 people.

Ohio State University will officially roll out autonomous food delivery robots Monday for students to use on campus.

With the federal eviction ban expired, the Delta variant spreading and future rules uncertain, tenants and community groups are desperate for relief.

The trailer was gifted to Scott a few months ago by her church, Hood United Methodist Church. She mulled over the different ways she could use the trailer to help the unsheltered community, like possibly a mobile shower unit or an outreach trailer. But after years of volunteering with the homeless, Scott decided to use the trailer to create a program that could really make a difference in peoples lives.  "After being unsheltered for three, four, or five years, some of them longer, the hab...