SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -Springfield Public Schools is giving books to students through its annual Summer Reading Challenge.

Other ideas for children include Summer Reading programs, a family book club, photography, nature scavenger hunts, drawing, ...

Applications are open for new arts programs available to Springfield middle and high school students this summer.

Hundreds and hundreds of children attend the camps at the Boys and Girls Club in Springfield every year, including students from across more than 30 different schools. Summer camp kicks off in June.

Chatham, a community of 15,000 people, is about 12 miles (19 kilometers) from the state capital of Springfield ... which holds after-school programs and summer camps geared toward the outdoors ...

The crash happened at about 3:20 p.m. at YNOT Outdoors Summer and After School Camp, located at 301 Breckenridge ... as 18-year-old Rylee Britton of Springfield and three Chatham children: Ainsley ...

The non-profit allows parents to let children attend after school and summer programs. It was founded by Springfield natives Jamie and Mitzi Loftus. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said his office ...

Akers was a food services employee who last worked at the Ball-Chatham School ... Springfield, founded the camp in 2002 to help keep children active and stimulate their minds during the summer ...

CHATHAM, Ill. (AP) — Three children and a teenager were killed and others were injured when a car drove through an after-school building in a small city outside Springfield, Illinois ...

The Sangamon County coroner identified those killed as 18-year-old Rylee Britton of Springfield and three Chatham children ... Parents said the YNOT Outdoors after-school and summer camp programs, ...

Four people, including children, were killed and several others were injured after a car smashed a building during an after school camp program in Chatham, outside of Springfield ... have after-school ...