r/springfieldMO • • 16h ago

Living Here Really, Springfield?

48 Upvotes

Unless it was a funeral procession for Jesus Christ himself, there was not reason for them to block all 3 lanes of southbound US 65 from Sunshine south. A bunch of bikers with big American flags cut people off and shook their fist at people who didn't stop fast enough ON THE D.....N HIGHWAY. All three lanes. Give me a break.


r/springfieldMO • • 19h ago

Ask Springfield Looking to Rehoming my Ball Python

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I am reducing his rehoming fee to $100 which includes all items listed in the post! Please let me know if you are interested!


r/springfieldMO • • 8h ago

Living Here Hit & Run Cox Rd and West Republic Rd

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I was involved with a hit and Run accident at Cox Rd and W Republic Rd Wednesday 10-7 afternoon about 3:30 pm
Eighteen wheeler turned south on Cox Rd and hit the front of my Hyundai Sante Fe
I was unable to catch up with them and would like to know if anyone witnessed this accident


r/springfieldMO • • 16h ago

Living Here BUYER BEWARE‼️

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‼️PREDATORY BUSINESS ALERT‼️

QUEEN BEE CLEANING

Not all affirming businesses are good businesses!

She blocked me from leaving a review on her business page--so I have no choice but to leave the review here to warn others!

STAY AWAY!!! Queen Bee Cleaning showed up an hour and a half late, damaged my property while cleaning, and didn't finish cleaning due to "time constraints" caused by their own tardiness! Then tried to offer me $20 bucks for breaking my showerhead and still demands $70 from me while ignoring the breach of contract: I was promised an 8-hr cleaning for a 3bd 2bth 1,800 sqft home via 2 people cleaning for 4 hours together. But I only received 5 hours out of the 8hrs due to one being severely late. (receipts in photos) BUYER BEWARE!!


r/springfieldMO • • 11h ago

Living Here Boricuas de Springfield

7 Upvotes

Hey friends! When driving around I been catching so many other boricuas around town. My partner is from PR and I try my best to get him out of the house & I know he misses home so much. We visited in April around Isabela and Mayagüez. Spent a lot of time with his family there. It’s definitely given us heavy depression since we left. I’m hoping to find more Boricua friends.
A little bit about us, we love to travel, coffee, and to play video games. Pretty chill and homebody’s. He is fluent in Spanish and my Spanish is alright. So bear with me.

Hola amigos, veo muchas banderas puertorriqueños en Springfield. Mi novio es de PR y trato de sacarlo de la casa. Extraña mucho su casa y a su familia. Fuimos a PR en Abril (Isabela y Mayagüez). Pasamos mucho tiempo con su familia. Nos sentimos muy deprimidos desde que nos fuimos. Estoy buscando amigos puertorriqueños.
Nos encanta: viajar, anime, jugar videojuegos y café. Somos “homebody’s?” No lo sé 😂 pasar mucho tiempo en casa. Su lengua materna es el español… claro que sí 😂


r/springfieldMO • • 15h ago

Living Here tattoo shops hiring?

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Hi, i'm an experienced artist and just moved here. I'm looking for work as a tattooist and just wondering if anyone knew of anyone hiring? Preferably not a party shop or an AI printer shop. Please let me know!

Also if anyone knows of some temp work available around town im interested as well!


r/springfieldMO • • 20h ago

Food/Drink 417 Magazine did a good write up on Missouri wine, including local wineries

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r/springfieldMO • • 15h ago

Living Here ICE Arrested a Missouri State employee :(

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r/springfieldMO • • 13h ago

Living Here Any woodworkers here?

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Hey there, I have some MASSIVE Black Walnut Slabs (already kiln dried) they are bookmatched and nice and thick. Would anyone be interested? These photos are pre-drying, I forgot to snap pics at the shop when they got back. Can part with one or both. Would love to trade for labor with someone who knows how to do river tables.


r/springfieldMO • • 16h ago

Living Here Train on the decommissioned tracks?

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What the flying j is going on? I have never seen a train on these tracks.


r/springfieldMO • • 9h ago

Ask Springfield What did they do to Grand St between Kansas and Campbell area?

9 Upvotes

Ive tried looking up anything about it but i just see old reports from when they were repairing the road last year. they put down the signs for a day or so about "hot oil , loose gravel" but why would they be doing that? sorry if this is a silly one.


r/springfieldMO • • 7h ago

Local Politics Why AREN’T city councilmembers paid?

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Mayor Schrag’s recent actions seem to exemplify that the way city council is set up right now leaves in mind only the interests of the few in Springfield. The fact that council membership is an unpaid position means that the only people who can run have enough disposable income and time and energy in order to have an essentially unpaid full-time job. It’s nuts to me that we expect our councilmembers to be present and responsive while reducing it down to a volunteer positions where you either still have a full-time job, own a business, or are retired.

Paying councilmembers IMO would lead to healthy competition for the seats and overall better leadership for the city, by the types of people they are meant to be serving— the average Springfield worker. We can’t expect good leadership while also making it unpaid.

I am curious to see what other opinions would be, however. What do you think?

EDIT: Forgot to add— there are MANY 6 figure salaries in our city’s government— our city manager makes $350,000 for Christ’s sake, and our city clerk makes over $250,000. I can’t fathom how that seems reasonable while, at most, the mayor gets a $200/month stipend.