Gregory Holman
Reporter-EditorGregory Holman is a KSMU reporter and editor focusing on public affairs and investigations. He previously served as Springfield News-Leader investigative reporter and editor-in-chief of 417 Magazine. Holman is a native of Branson, Missouri and attended the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Follow on Twitter at @gregoryholman.
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Over 18 months, city officials, hired consultants and a team of more than 100 community volunteers have pitched in on a comprehensive rewrite of the city’s land development code. -
Why Springfield residents should care about the first ‘community development code update’ since 1995It’s KSMU News Director Michele Skalicky. Two years ago, Springfield City Council approved a new comprehensive plan that charts the city’s future for the next two decades. That plan is called Forward SGF, and it focuses on the city’s growth and land use. Over the past several months, city officials and consultants have been ironing out some of the fine print — a community development code update. I’m joined by KSMU’s public affairs reporter, Gregory Holman, to help explain what’s going on with this major change in Missouri’s third-largest city. -
The move comes despite voices of opposition from nearby neighbors. -
The Springfield-Greene County Health Department said Thursday that, in January, the county experienced one of its highest flu rates in 22 years. -
Local agencies — including Missouri’s largest public school district — are missing out on millions of tax dollars due to the increasing number of Springfield vehicles on the roads with expired license plates or registration tags. In response the Springfield mayor is encouraging drivers to get legal. -
Healing and building community were on the minds of Ozarks progressives at a town hall held Sunday at historic Pitts Chapel. -
Springfield City Council is wading into yet another neighborhood development controversy in southeast Springfield’s Galloway area.
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In the wake of child sex abuse incidents at southwest Missouri’s Kanakuk Christian sports camp, Branson-area lawmakers are filing bills in the Missouri House and Senate aimed at making it easier to file lawsuits seeking damages from perpetrators. -
Under the banner of "creating the beloved community," NAACP members and other residents of Missouri’s third-largest city commemorated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a march in downtown Springfield, followed by a program at the Gillioz Theatre. -
Recently, Midwest Newsroom has been working on a multi-part series called Unhoused/Unschooled. KSMU's Gregory Holman interviewed Midwest Newsroom reporter Kavahn Mansouri on how the taxpayer-funded system struggles to care for vulnerable kids, especially in rural communities.
