According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Missouri’s homeless population grew 9% from 2023 to 2024.

Egan Warming Centers will activate for the first time this winter on Dec. 27, and are on standby for Dec. 28 as temperatures ...

With colder overnight temperatures expected over the weekend, the Egan Warming Centers will activate on Saturday, Dec. 27th, ...

For more than half a century, Springfield’s rail yards were a crossroads for hoboes — transient workers who traveled on freight trains in search of work, adventure, or simply a ...

The Open Pantry Community Services Christmas dinner has been held at the High School of Commerce in Springfield for decades.

The group serves about 300,000 people annually, providing care for older Philadelphians, supporting at-risk youth, helping ...

Sheltered Inc. had planned to close its Hartley House Shelter for Men in January and Norm’s Place women and children’s shelter in March.

It’s Thanksgiving morning, and around 60 people are lined up on Locust Street in front of what was once a massive homeless shelter run by the New Life Evangelistic Center. Before it was shut down by ...

Eddie was one of around a dozen homeless men seeking shelter from the cold inside 645 Grand Ave. on Monday at around noon, ...

The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but halted the possibility of care before a catastrophic ...

Springfield leaders will discuss a new payroll tax in the new year, though the city can’t collect it until 2027 at the earliest.

Springfield’s only homeless shelter for men will remain open a few more months. The Springfield City Commission voted unanimously to approve more than $65,000 in ...