The height of the Midwest heat signals, for some, the best time of the year: the smell of funnel cake, sound of live music and sight of bright carnival lights filling the dark sky. The 88th annual ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A 48-year-old self-employed pizza vendor was electrocuted Monday morning as he was packing his trailer at the Ozarks Empire Fairgrounds. Christopher Peavey, of Springfield, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Springfield Police Department (SPD) is hoping a teenager who stole a baby goat from the fair petting zoo brings it back. A Facebook post from SPD says a young girl took the goat ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A maintenance man was killed Wednesday when an explosion ripped apart a building at a fairgrounds in southwest Missouri. The explosion, reported at 12:08 p.m., damaged at least a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Pickwick Street Fair has announced information regarding their event for this year. According to a Pickwick Street Fair press release, the event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p ...