Daniel Pierce and Chris Bodine with the Missouri State University Center for Archaeological Research believe their findings ...

The Springfield Police Department will welcome its 81 st police academy class on Feb. 2. SPD is also accepting applications ...

A construction crane fell onto a moving passenger train, causing a fiery derailment that killed at least 29 people Wednesday ...

The Wingspan Initiative helps with living and child care expenses while single parents are in school full-time.

Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the great diversity of Asia's countries and cultures. Before moving to Seoul in 2018, he ...

In an unprecedented move, NASA is bringing an astronaut crew home early from the International Space Station because one astronaut has an undisclosed medical condition. It can be tricky to diagnose ...

Floating Ozarks rivers became commercialized in the Missouri Ozarks in the late 1800s, and it has remained a popular tourist draw.

Hear about Springfield’s plans to develop master plans for some of its biggest parks, we’ll also have news about federal childcare subsidies that are flowing to Missouri providers again this week, ...

The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.

Austan Goolsbee, president of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, speaks with NPR's A Martinez about the latest inflation numbers and President Trump's attack on Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

The Federal Reserve will meet later this month to make a decision on interest rates. But the latest inflation report is likely to make the central bank cautious about additional rate cuts.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog to break down the arguments in Tuesday's hearing on transgender students participating in public school sports.