Silver Springs Park

A project announced Monday will renovate the pavilion at Silver Springs Park and add a new amphitheater.

In the 1940s, Herman “Doc” Horn went on to play professional baseball for the Kansas City Monarchs. With the majors desegregated, he might have followed in Jackie Robinson's footsteps, but his duty to his country changed that path.

Timmons Temple, was once a place where Springfield’s African American community gathered to worship and socialize. Now known as Timmons Hall, it rests in…

The former Timmons Temple, an historic church that was moved from E. Webster a short distance to the east to Silver Springs Park, is almost finished and…

As events commemorating Black History Month come to a close, a local leader is reflecting on a decades-old gathering that continues to serve Springfield’s…