‘My silence won’t allow it’: Vehi cle procession organized by Black Lives Matte r Springfield remembers George Floyd, others

A new community service initiative aimed at steering local young people towards careers in public interest law has been launched.

Two people sustained life-threatening injuries early Sunday morning in a shooting around the area of 15th and Edwards streets.

The City of Springfield is asking residents to stay home Sunday evening.

When Damon McParland pulled up in his van in a west-side neighborhood, little did his son, Aidan, know he had a little surprise waiting for him.

MIAMI - In hindsight, Rosa Jimenez Cano realizes that attending a protest against police brutality was risky - and not just for the usual reasons.

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MINNEAPOLIS - America's cities boarded up windows, swept up glass and covered graffiti Sunday as the country's most significant night of protests in a half-century spilled into another day of unrest fueled by killings of black people at the hands of police.

Dr. Raj Govindaiah said because of COVID-19, by mid-May Memorial Physician Services was conducting about 90 percent of its patient visits via telehealth, telephone and virtual technology."People are asking more questions about getting care in different ways," said Govindaiah, chief medical officer for Springfield-based Memorial Health System.

More than 100 faith leaders comprising an interfaith coalition are marking Monday as a National Day of Mourning and Lament, a remembrance of the more than 100,000 deaths from COVID-19.The U.S. Conference of Mayors, a bipartisan group representing 1,400 mayors, is cosponsoring Monday's moment of silence, with lowered flags, ringing bells, interfaith vigils and civic memorials.