Springfield Region

Union Pacific Invests $54 Million in Missouri Railways

Missouri is the nation’s rail crossroads, being served by every Class 1 railway in the nation and connected to every other mode of transportation. And Union Pacific is investing money to ... Read More

New Springfield call center promises 200 jobs

The center is scheduled to open December 1. The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce announced FLS Connect, a political communication and fundraising company based in Minnesota, has leased the former Strategic ... Read More

Community Wholesale Tire expands with $4 million distribution center

Community Wholesale Tire, one of the Midwest’s largest tire distributors, projects annual sales of $9 million from a newly opened warehouse in Springfield, Missouri, after its first year in operation. The ... Read More

Rolla Is One of the Top 15 Metro Areas with Highest Growth of Engineering Graduates

Site Selection Group, a full service location advisory firm, identified the metro areas that experienced the greatest growth in engineering graduates from 2013-2014. Rolla experienced an increase of greater than 10% in ... Read More

Three Missouri universities rank among America’s top 100 public colleges

Three Missouri universities rank among the top 100 public colleges in America, more than any of the Show-Me state’s Midwestern neighbors, according to a new ranking released by The Business Journals. ... Read More