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.

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.

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 ...

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, Vt., beat 13 other towns to host "Simpsons" movie premiere. July 10, 2007 — -- Homer, Bart, Marge, Lisa and Maggie Simpson are headed to Vermont for their first movie premiere, as ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...