Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 22nd of September.
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🏘️ Community
A Seymour family started Jojo’s Lunch Foundation to help pay off unpaid school lunch bills for students in rural Ozarks schools.
The foundation delivers weekly checks to ten schools in Webster and Wright counties and plans to add five new schools each year (aiming to eventually cover all Missouri schools).
🎭 Culture
Local group Ozarks Alive announced winners of its inaugural Rock Picking Awards honoring regional heritage with recipients recognized in Creative Arts, Music, Land & Food, Historical Preservation and Legacy Leadership.
Winners will be celebrated at the Rock Picking Party on Nov. 15 at the Library Center's Hatch Auditorium.
🎓 Education
Missouri State University will host its annual Public Affairs Conference featuring free in-person and virtual panels with over 50 speakers from Sept.
29 to Oct. 1, and actor Rainn Wilson will deliver his keynote on Oct. 23 + VIP tickets are available before the keynote at Juanita K. Hammons Hall.
The Ozarks Literacy Council is inviting Springfield residents to volunteer as reading tutors for free one-to-one sessions that help struggling readers gain confidence & improve literacy skills.
Volunteers meet weekly with children and adults to build a community of lifelong readers.
🌲 Environment
Regional leaders, water providers and municipal officials will meet on Sept.
29 at the Darr Agricultural Center, 2401 S. Kansas Expressway to discuss long-term water planning for Southwest Missouri. The conference will focus on securing a dependable water supply as agreements secure storage at Stockton Lake + share funding responsibilities.
🏛️ Government
The Greene County Commission dedicated the Sac River Arch Bridge as an official historic site on Monday at Farm Road 128 in Bois D’Arc.
The 50-foot bridge has served local residents for decades and continues to be a key crossing over the Sac River.
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