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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Splash & Sizzle 2025 kickoff lets people donate food for free pool admissions
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Ozarks Food Harvest and Springfield-Greene County Park Board have started their kickoff for the 2025 Splash & Sizzle event, which gives special discounts on pool admissions for those who donate canned food. According to Browning, this is one of Ozarks Food Harvest's longest-running partnerships, which began back in 2001. Starting now through September 1, people can get admission into all of the Springfield-Greene County Park Boards' outdoor pools between 5:30-6:30 p.m. by either donating $1 or one canned food item per person. Pool locations are as follows: Fassnight Pool – 1305 S. Main Ave. Grant Beach Pool – 1401 N. Grant Ave. Meador Pool – 2600 S. Fremont Ave. Silver Springs – 1100 N. Hampton Ave. Westport Pool – 3157 W. Mt. Vernon St. Learn more at Splash & Sizzle 2025 – Ozarks Food Harvest Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Tuesday storm uproots historic tree in Jordan Valley Park
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Springfield-Greene County Park Board says a landmark of Jordan Valley Park was lost to the severe storms that hit Springfield on Tuesday. The Horton Alexander Hackberry tree — called the oldest tree in Jordan Valley Park — was toppled Tuesday morning. It was the first tree to be designated under the Tree City USA program, which began in 1985. The Park Board estimates the tree to have been 150-200 years old. '[The tree] stood as a symbol of strength and legacy in the heart of our city,' the Park Board stated in a Facebook post. 'Though we're saddened by its loss, we're grateful for the decades it watched over our downtown and inspired our community.' The hackberry tree was named in part after Jan Knauer Horton, who was the first executive director of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, the Park Board says. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Easter events happening around Springfield next weekend
Springfield, MO. – Several family-friendly events will take place over several days in and around Springfield on Easter weekend, ranging in price from free to $25.3444 S. Campbell Ave Suite O, Springfield, MO 10:00 a.m. to noon $20 covers the price of the event and open play afterwards There will be professional photos with the Easter bunny done by Erin Nicole Photography, an egg painting craft, snacks, and Easter-themed gamesMcCauley Park – 701 N. Taylor Way, Nixa MO 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Food trucks on-site with food for purchase This free family-friendly event includes face painting, inflatables, games, a helicopter egg drop, and visits with the Easter Bunny 9:25 AM Helicopter Egg Drop (weather permitting) 9:30 AM – 6 months to 2 years 9:35 AM – 3 to 5 years 9:40 AM – 6 to 8 years 9:45 AM – 9 to 12 years 10:30 AM – Sensory Egg Hunt Eggstravaganza at Glendale Christian Church 2110 S. Blackman Rd, Springfield, MO 10:00 a.m. to noon Family-friendly interactive event that brings the true story of Easter to life Kids will have the opportunity to experience and engage with different parts of the Easter story in a fun and meaningful way Beyond the interactive Easter experience, children can enjoy bounce houses, yard games, and other exciting activities Egg scrambles at 10:50 a.m. and 11:50 a.m. for kids to collect Easter eggsChesterfield Family Center: 2511 W Republic Rd, Springfield, MO Noon to 4:00 p.m hosted by the Springfield-Greene County Park Board *registration required* $15 to $25 Kids splash, swim and plunge in the pool to gather floating Easter eggs and win prizes Bring a waterproof basket or bucket Easter Event at Renegade Harley-Davidson 3980 W. Sunshine St, Springfield, MO 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Bring the kids to hunt easter eggs, take photos with the Easter bunny, enjoy some food and get your bike blessed Easter Egg Hunt at Campbell United Methodist Church 1747 E. Republic Rd, Springfield MO 1:00 p.m. There will be hunts of varying difficulty for kids of all ages, infant through elementary For those with allergies, there will also be small toys in place of candy at Sunset Church of Christ 1222 W. Sunset St, Springfield, MO 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Free walk-through style egg hunt featuring 20,000 candy-filled eggs, inflatables, bunny pictures, a petting zoo, police cars, and a fire truck While supplies last500 W. Sunshine St, Springfield, MO 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Egg-stravaganza featuring a scavenger hunt throughout the Aquarium! Seek out hidden Easter treasures using the Mission Conservation app Those who collect all 10 treasures and complete the special mission can redeem for an extra special Easter prize Free for all children with general admission tickets (GA kids' tickets are typically about $25) Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Community Wide Play Day returns to Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The date for the 27th Annual Community Wide Play Day has been announced by the Community Partnership of the Ozarks (CPO). According to a press release from CPO, on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., families with kids 12 and under are invited to the event held at Fassnight Park. Event goers can expect hands-on activities designed for children's development and free children's books. CPO teamed up with the Springfield-Greene County Park Board and the Springfield MO Parents as Teachers to make the event possible. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- General
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Honoring Black History: Preserving Black History in Timmons Hall
Christine Peoples didn't think her job at the library would lead her to Timmons Hall. 'I have always been connected to community. I think it's just word of mouth started happening because I really did not seek this role, but because I've been working in the community for so long and on the same things that it kind of it came to me. I started with the meet and greet at the library. That was something that I had created for our young families and the things that we would do for empowerment, for youth and all of that,' Peoples said. When the Springfield-Greene County Park Board took over Timmons Hall, her name was popping up more often as the best person to run the building. 'I was really blessed to have, you know, folks seek me out, and I came and I applied for it and I had the backing of my community,' Peoples said. Timmons Hall is part historical artifact and part educational outlet. 'Timmons Hall actually was saved and moved by the community to the space we're i now, located in Silver Springs Park, which is the only park that blacks could go to during the time of segregation. The church itself is 600 feet from up the hill. It's a living archive. This is home to a lot of the African American community and it's something that they know. So the history of spaces like this, repurposed spaces like I had mentioned during times of segregation, you couldn't go to school. To bring it back to life and restore it, it was saying, you know, we matter,' Peoples said. 'It's really a perfect place to have history come out of it and to solidify that black folks are here and they were thriving. When people come into the space, they really feel an atmosphere that they enjoy. Folks that have never been in this space before, the atmosphere is still there, and so it's a great place for us to open up conversation and do programing and to for people to fellowship and get to know each other and build relationships.' She says Black history is important to recognize, especially when it comes to the story of how Springfield came to be. 'Alberta Ellis, her family came through statehood and they were right outside of Ebenezer, Missouri, they've always been here. Co-founders of the town that wasn't built, they were side by side,' Peoples said. 'It's very important and it's very crucial to have that history in the forefront because we're community together. We're not community separate, even though they were separate facilities, but everybody was building together.' Every year Peoples puts on 'Freedom Classroom 101', bringing people from across the country to share their stories in Springfield. 'My motto for Freedom Classroom 101 is 'research, rethink and reimagine' how you teach and educate. When you put the context of community on that, I want to bring community back that we've lost. I think that some of the disconnect is because we need to go back and revisit and think about those times, because it's the idea that we wouldn't be here today, none of us, if our past hadn't been first,' Peoples said. Whether it's learning from 98-year-old Miss Alma, who Peoples says has a memory sharp as a tack, or working on the next year's Freedom Classroom 101, Peoples continues to bring the past to the present. 'I believe that timing is right. I believe it's always been right, but it's more prevalent right now than it ever has been for this generation because other generations, the past generations, they had a method. They understood what needed to be done, either from the teachers of Lincoln School here in Springfield to the churches throughout this heritage trail. They knew what needs to be done and they were all unified. So that makes it makes a huge difference,' Peoples said. Above you can watch Ozarks First's Honoring Black History special. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
