poverty

Recently a church in Springfield serving unsheltered people came out with its latest “Street Census.” Compared to 12 months ago, church officials found the number of homeless individuals in the area has doubled — even as volunteer preparations for this year's crisis winter shelters kick into high gear.

Ozarks Technical Community College held a ribbon-cutting Monday for its big new Plaster Center for Advanced Manufacturing. College officials and politicians praised the $40 million project. It’s intended to be a “game-changer" by meeting a shortage of skilled workers and creating a new pathway toward better-paying work.

An estimated $2.8 billion in federal housing grants are now available throughout the country. Here are details on how local organizations can apply for some of that funding.

For years, Springfield has been dogged by the reality that the city’s poverty rate is sky-high, at times doubling the rate for the U.S. overall. But recently the community got a positive announcement in the struggle toward prosperity.

Ozarks Food Harvest serves more than 270 agencies in a 28-county service area — as inflation and higher gas prices are hitting everyone’s pocketbooks.

Every day at school, Kenzie Warren, a sophomore at West Plains High School, sets her backpack down at one of the six rows of rectangular tables that line…

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Advocates, citizens and homeless gathered on Sunday morning to march in downtown Springfield to bring awareness for homelessness in the community. Every…