Public invited to forum with mayoral, council candidates

Candidates for Springfield mayor and City Council will take questions from the public at a forum on Thursday.

The question-and-answer event will be at 7 p.m. at the Fusion Center, located at 1321 N. Campbell Ave., behind Central Assembly of God. The forum is hosted by Urban Neighborhoods Alliance, League of Women Voters, St. Joseph Neighborhood Betterment Group and the Springfield Jaycees.

Invited candidates are Chris Donegan and Jim O'Neal, who are running for mayor; Nicholas Ibarra and Denny Whayne, who are running for council's Zone 1 seat; Tom Martz and Robert Stephens, who are running for a council's General A seat; and Fred Ellison and John Rush, who are running for council's General B seat.