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Springfield News-Leader, 13 Nov 2026

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Article‘OUR MESSAGE FORWARD’

At 4 p.m. on April 30, 2126, future res­id­ents of Spring­field will unearth an arti­fact from us in 2026: A time cap­sule with let­ters, poems, memen­tos and other items from local busi­nesses, res­id­ents, his­tor­i­ans, col­leges, uni­versit­ies,...

‘OUR MESSAGE FORWARD’

ArticleMO to skip Medi­caid hard­ship pro­tec­tions

After a Tyson Foods meat­pack­ing plant closed in Neb­raska in Janu­ary, elim­in­at­ing about 3,000 jobs, the state secured a tem­por­ary reprieve from new Medi­caid work require­ments for res­id­ents of the sur­round­ing county. Neb­raska began...

MO to skip Medi­caid hard­ship pro­tec­tions

ArticleJen­son pro­poses coun­cil pro­ced­ure changes

Spring­field City Coun­cil­man Brandon Jen­son is pro­pos­ing changes to City Coun­cil pro­ceed­ings he hopes can rebuild trust with the pub­lic and come closer to the ideals of bet­ter gov­ernance. At the Monday, Nov. 16 meet­ing, Jen­son will bring...

Jen­son pro­poses coun­cil pro­ced­ure changes

ArticleSpring­field area dis­trict title game pre­dic­tions

SPRINGFIELD — It’s one of the best week­ends of high school foot­ball in Mis­souri. The dis­trict cham­pi­on­ship pits some of the state’s best teams against each other. The win­ner heads to the next round of the play­offs, while the loser heads home.

Spring­field area dis­trict title game pre­dic­tions

ArticleEPA visit advances plan­ning for Renew Jordan Creek

Spring­field is mov­ing ahead with plan­ning for the next phase of Renew Jordan Creek, with redevel­op­ment experts set to visit the former Meeks Lum­ber prop­erty and nearby city-owned land Nov. 12-13. The visit will focus on the prop­erty known as...

EPA visit advances plan­ning for Renew Jordan Creek

ArticleDems flip Sen­ate seat in Mis­sis­sippi

In a monu­mental upset 145 years in the mak­ing, Demo­crat Scott Colom defeated Repub­lican incum­bent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mis­sis­sippi’s closely watched Sen­ate race, becom­ing the state’s first Black U.S. sen­ator since Recon­struc­tion. After...

Dems flip Sen­ate seat in Mis­sis­sippi

ArticleDrew Lewis Found­a­tion invites Spring­field to sign­ing event

Spring­field res­id­ents can leave mes­sages of kind­ness and encour­age­ment inside the walls of new afford­able homes tak­ing shape in the Grant Beach neigh­bor­hood. The Drew Lewis Found­a­tion will hold its “Built with Hope” Sign­ing Day from 7...

Drew Lewis Found­a­tion invites Spring­field to sign­ing event