Springfield Business Journal

A four-year apprenticeship program has been offered since the 1940s by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 453, a labor union located in Springfield.

Pictured, Andy Taylor guides Jake Heinemeyer through the process of bending conduit during a class.

Electrician union apprenticeship program reports application spike - Springfield Business Journal More than 200 qualified to interview for four-year program that mixes classwork, job training.

Seven leaders from Springfield and the surrounding area are among appointees to the newly formed Missouri Child Welfare Task Force.

Gov. Mike Kehoe established the 18-member group through executive order on Aug. 25 and recently chose the members.

Springfield-area leaders named to MO Child Welfare Task Force - Springfield Business Journal Gov. Mike Kehoe created 18-member panel to examine issues, develop report.

Ozarks Technical Community College has contracted with Penmac Staffing Services Inc. to help fill intermittent vacancies with trained substitutes.

Ozarks Tech taps Penmac to provide substitutes - Springfield Business Journal Initial three-year contract with HR supplier starts mid-October.

Springfield’s first J. Crew Factory store will open this week at the Battlefield Mall, according to mall General Manager Amanda Estes.

Battlefield Mall’s J. Crew Factory set to open this week - Springfield Business Journal Clothing store joins recently opened barber shop, beauty supplier.

A question of semantics – that is, word usage – has resulted in the city of Springfield providing clarifying information to local media about a possible data center at 2900 S. National Ave.

At particular issue is the word “application,” which a recent city email states came up in a Facebook post by the property’s owner, Trent Overhue, who holds the property through NSI, A.1 LLC.

Property owner intends to move forward with South National data project - Springfield Business Journal An email from the city attempts to clarify whether an application was submitted by the property owner.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is developing an 18,275-square-foot building in Willard.

The meetinghouse would serve roughly 846 members from the Willard, Orchard Hills and Clear Creek congregations.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to develop new building in Willard - Springfield Business Journal It would serve nearly 850 members.

Named for Missouri State University’s 11th president, serving from 2011 to 2024, the Clifton M. Smart III University Advancement Center is undergoing finishing touches in preparation for its opening this fall.

From The Ground Up: Clifton M. Smart III University Advancement Center - Springfield Business Journal

A two-person operation, the husband-and-wife team of Joel and Michele VanHoose were happy to survive August in their two-year-old U-pick blackberry farm.

Tindle Family Farm LLC, located at 635 Missouri Highway JJ in Sparta, has more than blackberries. There are flowers – also U-pick, or Michele will pick a complimentary bouquet of cosmos, asters or whatever is blooming as customers gather berries.

Sustainable growing and giving focus for Sparta pair - Springfield Business Journal Tindle Family Farm offers blackberries, flowers, veggies.

After nearly a decade in roughly 1,300 square feet at 1332A E. Republic Road, Fetch Pet Supplies & Gifts made a short move to larger space in the James River Place shopping center.

Open For Business: Fetch Pet Supplies & Gifts - Springfield Business Journal

A bill sponsored in the Missouri House of Representatives by Rep. Melanie Stinnett, R-Springfield, looks to strengthen telehealth services and the pipeline of healthcare professionals coming into Missouri.

Stinnett bill shores up telehealth services - Springfield Business Journal A ceremonial signing was held yesterday for House Bill 2974.