After announcing a joint venture in January to bring a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital to the Ozarks, CoxHealth and a Pennsylvania-based company with a Springfield presence broke ground on the project earlier this month.

An independent panel of judges has selected this year’s class of Most Influential Women. With the addition of this class, 500 women have received this award.

Ryan Henigman resigns after a video alleging inappropriate conduct with a minor surfaces online.

Financial software, manufacturing, health care and restaurant are featured industries locally.

The Monett-based financial software company's earnings are reported at $381.8 million.

The local funding is part of $500,000 awarded systemwide.

Springfield-based company also adds Rogers, Arkansas, office this month.

Strafford manufacturing exec rises to new role.

Moon City Pub is back in business after a trio of former employees bought the venture and reopened it; Marshfield retail shop Sully Loves Sugar more than doubled its space with a move; and Springfield marketing industry veteran Neil Frost went into business for himself by launching Enable Bookkeeping LLC.

Plans had called for water park to open in mid-2024.

The 15-year-old Branson Airport is at a critical juncture as its only commercial airline considers whether to return to the tourist market.

Federal prosecutors allege Lisa Jeanine Findley attempted to conduct a fraudulent sale of Graceland.

The Springfield health system announced the partnership with Pennsylvania-based Select Medical Holdings earlier this year.

Springfield-based marketing agency Epic Strategies ranks the highest among Springfield-area businesses in the report.

Bedpost Books, which also sells clothing and accessories, got its start this month.

The store marks the third location in the Springfield area.

The Workforce Development publication explores themes such as payroll shifts, wages and benefits demand, labor shortage impacts and employee barriers impacting recruitment and retention.

Nationally, the alarm continues to sound about a projected staffing crisis in the field of nursing – but at Southwest Baptist University, officials say enrollment in nursing programs is surging.

New York-based dog day care and boarding business Hounds Town USA expanded to the Queen City; home storage solutions venture 417 Closets opened; and several Marshfield-area residents formed 501(c)(3) nonprofit Webster County Market Animal Show and Sale Inc.

Facilities in Republic and Springfield are among those operated by the company in the Show Me State.