Text from our SGF Sunday email newsletter, written by reporter Rance Burger
Good Sunday, Springfield. Our most-read story this week takes us out of the city to the farm. Our readers checked out business reporter Jack McGee’s piece on Cassidy Station at the Estes Century Farm in Christian County.
Kyle and Hollie Estes have big plans to offer samples of old Ozarks farm life near the intersection of Fremont Road and State Route CC.
Back in the city, reporter Jackie Rehwald spoke with two residents of an Eden Village community, where chronically homeless persons live together in secure neighborhoods of tiny homes. Their stories are two among many caught in a larger effort to treat mental illness differently, keeping people out of emergency rooms and out of jail after crisis strikes.
In sports, a Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner was in Springfield this week. Lyndal Scranton caught up with Brendan Donovan, a former Springfield Cardinal fresh off of winning the National League Gold Glove for utility players.
Don't miss this week's Lives Remembered, as we look back on the artistic, creative and musical life of Dudley Murphy.
Stay warm. We'll see you Monday.
IN-DEPTH
Avoiding trips to ER or jail key to new mental health programs in Springfield
Collaborative efforts between law enforcement and the medical community are making a difference through new programs for people experiencing mental health issues.
MOST READ THIS WEEK
Local farmers rebuild Cassidy Station farmstead into Christian County destination
Editor’s note: The story was updated to indicate where flowers for the flower shop will come from. Kyle and Hollie Estes are taking the farm […]
STEVE POKIN
Pokin Around: MSU campus has a hollow feel on Fridays
Where have all the students gone? Missouri State campus feels desolate by the end of […]
Pokin Around: Owner of old building on C-Street does, in fact, want to knock it down
The owner of an old building at 540 E. Commercial St. is seeking approval to […]
SPORTS
Cardinals' Brendan Donovan visits Springfield after Gold Glove season in St. Louis
Brendan Donovan, who played 50 games for the Springfield Cardinals in 2021, was a key contributor to the St. Louis Cardinals in 2022.
DaMitz-Holt leading the way as Drury gets off to another red-hot start
Kaylee DaMitz-Holt has elevated her game to help the Drury Lady Panthers start the season 5-1 and ranked for the 138th consecutive week.
VOICES
Opinion: ‘Small-town feel' is about connectedness, applies to your community
Being neighborly is something of a lost art in America. If you think your town has lost its “small-town feel,” could that loss of connection […]
LIVES REMEMBERED
Dudley Murphy: Beloved Drury University professor, musician and outdoorsman
Dudley, who died Nov. 19 at age 82, was a popular professor at Drury University for 38 years, and before that, the educational curator at […]
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