Banjo picker Doug Dillard dies at 75; appeared on 'Andy Griffith' ...

Interview: Joel Manby of Herschend Family Entertainment talks about Leadership and Love SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Leadership in an organization is a skill that's learned over several years.  Many have written about it, the latest is the President and CEO of Herschend Family Entertainment, the largest theme park corporation in the US, including Silver ...

Last year's tornadoes reported to be most expensive in U.S. history A new insurance industry report says last summer's deadly tornadoes in Joplin and Tuscaloosa were among the most expensive losses in US History.  Last year's twisters, high winds and hailstorms nationwide inflicted just over $21 billion in property damage.Two billion dollars ...

Greene County Sheriff's Office warns residents of "Grandparent Scam" SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Greene County Sheriff's Office is advising people county-wide of a telephone scam that many residents have reported.The "Grandparent Scam," as it is known, works by someone acting as a grandchild calling a grandparent asking for money due ...

MSU expected to make decision on new President around Nov. 1st SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri State University now has a timeline to hire the school's 11th president.  Applications will be accepted through July 13th.  Three finalists will arrive on campus in mid-October with a decision expected around November 1st.  Interim President Clifton ...

Traffic Alert: Campbell Avenue/El Camino Alto Street construction continues SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - MoDOT is advising drivers in south Springfield of traffic impacts through 4 p.m. today due to construction at the Campbell Avenue and El Camino Alto Street intersection.Crews will be installing a traffic signal detector loop as well as ...

TV's Joey Lawrence joins Chippendales for 3 weeks
Joey Lawrence is shedding his clothes: The actor has joined the male erotic dancing troupe Chippendales.

Slow push to list breach sites among federal icons
Sites where levee failures led to the catastrophic flooding after Hurricane Katrina would join Civil War battlefields and Mount Rushmore on a federal list of the nation's historic icons if an activist has her way, but legal foot-dragging by the agency that many blame for the flooding is slowing the effort.

U.S. to suspend sanctions on investment in Myanmar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will suspend sanctions barring American investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms there, but will keep those laws on its books to discourage backsliding, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday. "Today we say to American business: invest in Burma and do it responsibly," Clinton said during an appearance with Myanmar's Foreign Minister, Wunna Maung Lwin, on the Southeast Asian nation's first official visit to Washington in decades as ties between the two countries warm rapidly. ...

Facebook IPO: Who is selling stock?
Facebook Inc. is selling 180 million of its shares in its initial public offering. Another 241. 2 million are coming from existing stockholders, including the company's earliest investors and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Fan Bingbing shows off dynasty dress at Cannes
There's vintage fashion and there's ancient fashion — and Chinese actress Fan Bingbing tapped into the latter for the opening of the Cannes Film Festival.