civil rights

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.

Former Springfield City Councilman Denny Whayne died Sunday, May 5, surrounded by family at a local hospital. Elected to City Council in 2001, Whayne was the first Black member of the city’s top governing body in more than a century.