Debra Gruell, Executive Director of the Springfield Museum, sits on the The Simpsons Couch at the museum Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in Springfield, Ore. One of the best-kept secrets in television ...

Well, you may have suspected it but now it's confirmed: Twenty-five years after The Simpsons debut on television, Portland-born creator Matt Groening says the show's setting is named after Springfield ...

After nearly 25 years, the secret is finally out! Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, revealed to Smithsonian magazine which of the United States' Springfields inspired the location for Fox's ...

Springfield, Oregon, will soon be getting a drug court to divert those with substance abuse issues who commit low-level crimes from jail to services. Those arrested in Springfield for low-level, drug ...

In Eugene, protesters solicited honks and in Springfield a vigil for a "safer Springfield" marked "A Day Without an Immigrant." ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything — hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore.SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything – hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Ore., as the inspiration for the animated ...

One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Ore., as the inspiration for the animated hometown of Homer and ...