Mary Collette

Springfield mayoral candidate Jeff Schrag greets a supporter at an election-night watch party at Mother's Brewing Company on April 8, 2025.

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With 8,702 votes, business leader Jeff Schrag elected mayor of Missouri’s third-largest city

Gregory Holman

Springfield voters faced a choice between two business leaders for mayor.

Springfield, Missouri's Historic City Hall, photographed Aug. 9, 2022.

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Springfield mayor campaigns file 8-day-before-election reports; Schrag has lopsided advantage in money race over Collette campaign

Gregory Holman

On Monday, candidates running in Missouri’s election on April 8 faced an 8-day reporting deadline for their campaign finances, under state law. Reports from the two candidates running for Springfield mayor show a lopsided money race.

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Planning Association Calls Commercial Street 'A Great Place'

A chocolate factory, a coffee shop, a hardware store, a variety of restaurants and the historic Jefferson Avenue Footbridge are just a few of the things…

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Why Many Springfield Residents Want to Preserve Footbridge

Built in 1902, The Jefferson Avenue Footbridge crosses 13 tracks of the Burlington Northern rail yard. The structure, which is on the National Register of…

Arts and Entertainment

Weekend Outlook September 16-18, 2016

Michele Skalicky

An Alleyway Art Party and Dr. Tickle Memorial Sculpture unveiling will start at 7 tonight (9/16) on Historic Commercial Street in the alleyway between…