Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Homeless advocate Julie Benson gets a hug from Sylvester Anderson of Springfield after talking with him on Seventh Street across ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The City of Springfield demolished a group of tents that homeless people slept in for weeks at the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Springfield city council passed a bill Monday night that allows almost 2 million dollars to create both community and individual homeless shelters in Springfield. “What we’re doing ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Community Partnership of the Ozarks says the Greene County Sheriff’s Office’s clearing of a homeless camp on West Bypass was done too quickly. Because the camp was mere feet ...

Northampton-based Clinical & Support Options will study new uses for the 5th Alarm property. Springfield officials said that a recent federal grant of $3.9 million, provided in response to the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A Springfield charity is preparing the homeless for winter. On Tuesday, workers at the New Life Veterans Coming Home Center gave clients tents, sleeping bags, sweatpants, and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) — Springfield city leaders worked with several local organizations to remove a homeless encampment from Snyder Park Monday. Multiple departments and city partners met ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Springfield city leaders want to hear from people in the community about how to use federal assistance meant to help people dealing with homelessness. Members of the Citizens ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Cold temperatures across western Massachusetts can pose threats to the unhoused population. Temperatures across western Massachusetts have been reaching well below freezing ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Celebrity bartenders gathered Saturday night to serve up some special beverages for a great cause. On International Women’s Day, nearly a dozen women who work daily to ...

Julie Benson said her ministry to the homeless population in Springfield began with a whisper from God. "I had no idea what that meant, and I had no idea where to start," Benson admitted recently. "So ...