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After an unusual four months of deliberations, on Friday Judge Derek Ankrom entered an order in favor of Be Kind & Merciful LLC developers.

The efactory and Codefi have partnered to launch a $2 million funding pool — a new way for young tech companies to access venture capital.

Two major Ozarks health systems shared a rhetorical rivalry this week. After Springfield-based CoxHealth announced a new partnership with St. Louis Children’s Hospital on Tuesday, Mercy Southwest Missouri Communities responded with a written statement that Cox officials later deemed “misleading.”

The two organizations announced in November they were working together to elevate children's services in the region.

The giant accounting and advisory firm announced Wednesday that it’s joining with the U.S. division of France-based Mazars to create a global network with roughly $5 billion in annual sales.

In recent days the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce highlighted seven candidates who could serve three-year terms on its board of directors.

In this segment of KSMU's Sense of Community Series Entrepreneurship in the Rural Ozarks, you'll hear about a nonprofit focused on helping rural businesses and about a Bolivar entrepreneur who reached out to it for help.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced Thursday that his office obtained a consent judgment against several timeshare exit companies with ties to the Ozarks.

Early this week, a prominent Springfield attorney and entrepreneur became the fourth person to receive the Key to the City of Springfield from Mayor Ken McClure.

KSMU News talks to Springfield Daily Citizen journalist Jackie Rehwald about her new reporting on the child care crisis currently faced by Ozarks families.