A new mural featuring "The Simpsons" is coming to Springfield. The real Springfield. Series creator Matt Groening, who grew up in Portland, Oregon, told Smithsonian magazine two years ago he named ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yeardley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson, cheers with the crowd after unveiling "The Simpsons" mural in downtown Springfield in ...

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 ...

(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 corruption, ethnic melting pot ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — 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 ...

PORTLAND — 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 ...