Missouri State football's first bowl game in the FBS has now been confirmed. The Bears will take on the Arkansas State Red Wolves in the inaugural Xbox Bowl. The Xbox Bowl serves as a replacement for ...

Missouri State football is set to close the program's first FBS season on Saturday as the Bears (7-4, 5-2 Conference USA) host the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (6-5, 4-3). Last time out, the Missouri State ...

Nixa QB propels team closer to state championship, taking down the Helias Catholic Crusaders, 45-28. Here are our best photos.

Five years after JCPenney filed for bankruptcy, a Boston private equity firm will pay $947 million for 119 JCPenney stores, including two in Missouri. The all-cash sale for 119 JCPenney properties to ...

Bill Rowe has been a part of nearly every major Missouri State sporting event in the school's history, but he won't be at the next one, which will take place this weekend. When the Bears take the ...

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Missouri State football climbed in the American Football Coaches Association poll, again, after capturing its sixth straight win on Saturday evening at Northern Iowa. The Bears (6-2, 4-0 MVFC) are up ...

An 8-year-old girl was killed late Thursday when the all-terrain vehicle she was riding on crashed a few blocks west of Doling Park. Je’Bryia Heard, a student at Springfield's Williams Elementary, was ...

Missouri State's transition from FCS to FBS by the 2025 athletics season will look different than other programs that have done the same considering its recent contract extension to head football ...

Jared Young, a Missouri candidate for U.S. Senate, announced the formation of a new political party, inspired by his campaign slogan, “We can be better.” “We're trying to communicate to people that ...

When criminal suspects post video of potential crimes to the internet, law enforcement takes a look. That's the gist of charging documents dated Jan. 21 that were posted by the U.S. Justice Department ...

A Missouri man filed a lawsuit last month against Camden County, a member of the Sunrise Beach Police Department and a member of the Camden County Sheriff’s Office, alleging civil rights violations ...