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 ...

Note: This article is written in script format as a fictional episode of “The Simpsons” animated television show. The scene opens on Channel 6 News anchor Kent Brockman broadcasting from the new ...

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 ...

It has been called “America’s Crud Bucket” — a town where the police department is run by a meat-headed moron, the most famous celebrity is a boozy clown and the nuclear power plant is forever on the ...

Don’t have a cow, man, but Springfield’s commemorative mural celebrating its ties to “The Simpsons” has turned 10 years old. At this weekend’s block party, Springfield city staff worked a tent and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Vt.—Maybe it was the pink doughnut. Maybe it was the clever homemade video, or small-town charm. Maybe Homer just figured it was time to go green. Whatever the reason, this much is true: ...

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 ...

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 ...