Construction began July 12 for improvements to Springfield’s Fire Station 10 at 2245 E. Galloway St., which was built in 1979. The newly renovated station will be operational by January 2022. The $644,000 project will include renovation of the station’s kitchen, dining and living room spaces, physical fitness areas and sleeping quarters. The…
Author: Melissa Hart, Managing Editor
As a partner in the Birthplace of Route 66 Festival, the City of Springfield is canceling the 2021 festival due to COVID-19 concerns. The 2021 festival was planned for Aug. 13-14. A surprise kick-off concert that would have been announced for Aug. 12 is also canceled. The festival steering committee…
The Springfield-Greene County Health Department is announcing multiple satellite locations where Women, Infants & Children (WIC) recipients can access benefits in-person. In response to COVID-19, WIC moved from in-person appointments to phone appointments to safely serve WIC participants, but WIC food benefits must be loaded onto eWIC cards in-person. The Springfield-Greene…
Construction to continue “complete street” improvements along the Central Street Corridor is set to begin next week with the goal to provide a system for all modes of transportation in a pedestrian-heavy area of the City. Official notice to proceed was issued to general contractor D&E Plumbing & Heating to…
Bissett Neighborhood Association’s June 5 cleanup at Bissett Elementary School resulted in the collection of 10.26 tons of trash collected (five trash dumpsters and three yard waste dumpsters filled). Fourteen volunteers and 56 volunteer hours (five of those from the Clean Green Springfield initiative). We served a total of 52…
The home at 1125 S. Delaware Ave., owned by Laura McCaskill and known as the Fairbanks House, was designated as a Springfield Historic Site by Springfield City Council, after nomination by the Landmarks Board in May. From the application: “The English Tudor home at 1125 S. Delaware was built for…
The City is set to begin the final phase of Republic Road widening later this year, providing traffic capacity and safety improvements along one of the busiest retail corridors in Springfield. The project will include the widening of Republic Road from three lanes to five lanes between Fairview Avenue and…
The five-year Northwest Project, a $1.2 million initiative funded by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks aimed at lifting people out of poverty with education and resources, released its Year Five Annual Report in April. The Northwest Project influenced 464 lives in southwest Missouri through programming provided by Drew Lewis…
Mark your calendars! Aug. 12, 9 a.m.-noon and 2-6 p.m. Watch the Facebook page at facebook.com/ThePTAClothingBank for updates on additional summer hours.
The much-anticipated O’Reilly Hospitality Management-affiliated Big Shots Golf opened ahead of schedule May 17 at the corner of Kearney Street and Glenstone Avenue. The facility features 56 driving-range bays on two stories with 3,500 square feet of event space, a golf academy for year-round training, full service restaurant and bar…