Springfield (The Simpsons) endowed with flippered mutants. In the Season 25 episode "Homerland", he comments that the air conditioning system has never worked properly. In one episode, Mr. Burns mentions that he owns the electric company as part of his power monopoly. The design and folly of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is often rumored to be based on the troubled Trojan Nuclear Power Plant (closed in 1993 due to defects) near Matt Groening's home town of Portland, Oregon, or the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington. However, Antonia Coffman, Groening's publicist, has said that the Springfield plant's design is generic and that "the Springfield
Springfield News-Sun Springfield News-Sun The Springfield News-Sun is a daily newspaper published in Springfield, Ohio, by Cox Enterprises, which also publishes the "Dayton Daily News". Both newspapers contain similar editorial content, but tailor their local news coverage to the area served. The "News-Sun" primarily serves Springfield and Urbana, in southwestern Ohio. While the "Springfield News-Sun"'s newsroom is in downtown Springfield, the newspaper is published in Dayton. The newspaper has won nearly 100 Ohio Associated Press Awards, including a General Excellence Award. Nearly 90% of adults in Clark County read the "Springfield News-Sun" over the course of a month. Its website, SpringfieldNewsSun.com, is