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 ...

Both of Springfield’s homeless shelters could close next year as funding runs out — leaving city leaders scrambling for both short- and long-term solutions. Sheltered Inc. operates the only homeless ...

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, Mass. (WWLP) – Homelessness rates have been increasing nationwide and here in western Massachusetts. Ahead of the winter season, local agencies are trying to match people at homeless ...

A former hotel that had been used as a homeless shelter will be demolished in an effort to better market the site for sale. The city of Springfield purchased the 1.2 acre property at 325 W. Columbia ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — It's been a year since Heartland HOUSED created the Heartland Continuum of Care Strategic Plan to Address Homelessness. The goal of this is to bring homelessness to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- On Tuesday, October 11, a Springfield City Council Review Committee responsible for allocating recovery aid from the federal government approved a recommendation to allocate ...

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, 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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- The weekend chain saw attack at a central Missouri homeless shelter has fueled opposition by parents of a similar facility being proposed by the shelter's founder near a ...