There are multiple vacant buildings in downtown Springfield. What type of business would you like to see fill some of the vacancies? Vote now.

Here are five things going on this weekend in the area.

Downhome Music Festival, a festival featuring bands and beer, was set to take place July 25 and July 26. But organizers ...

Comparing traffic at his restaurants prior to Covid to now, Freeman estimated it’s probably down about 30 percent. From 2023 to 2024, traffic was down by a double digit percentage.

As Springfield bars open over the summer, other doors close. This time, Terra Ferment, a bar serving locally brewed beers closed on May 31. The bar originally opened in 2020 during the pandemic at ...