Many News-Leader readers will be familiar with the cartoons of Bob Palmer, but few may be aware of the Springfield newspaper cartoonists that preceded him. Before 1935, Springfield Newspapers, Inc.

Those who remember Bob Palmer, Springfield’s longest-serving editorial cartoonist, describe a man with a clever mind, a keen artistic eye and a generous disposition. "By the time I got to there in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Thursday in a joint press conference with Governor Mike DeWine, Republican Springfield Mayor Rob Rule discouraged a visit to the city by Donald Trump who said he planned on it.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Springfield’s annual Missouri Anime Fest is this weekend. The event celebrates all things anime and cartoons. It will feature vendors and some celebrity voice actors, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything - hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of corruption, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Walking into Universal Orlando's new themed area is a bit surreal. First, you hear familiar music. Then you spot the sign: "Greetings from SPRINGFIELD U.S.A." *Billed as $4 plus GST ...

Upon graduation, Boylston returned to Springfield and eventually became the town's attorney, but through his work in the small town and then in the big city, he continued to see the humor in life, ...

Ever since Simpsons creator Matt Groening announced that Springfield, Ore., is the real hometown of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and the rest of the animated gang, business has been booming. And now, one ...

A Simpsons fan has spent two years making a painstaking recreation of the cartoon town of Springfield in his living room. Kyle McCoy, 25, made the giant mural of Homer and Marge Simpson’s home-town ...