Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, center, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, voted July 19 to support the nomination of David Pekoske to lead the Transportation Security Administration. McCaskill has supported all five of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the department who have come before the committee.
Photo provided by THE OFFICE OF CLAIRE McCASKILL
The Queen City is ever evolving and its signage reflects the changes. At National Avenue and Battlefield Road, the former Shoney’s starts to show signs of life as First Watch daytime cafe.
SBJ photo by WES HAMILTON
The Queen City is ever evolving and its signage reflects the changes. Following its Jan. 3 move downtown, Honky Tonk Clothing gets a new sign July 19 from Legacy Sign Co.
SBJ photo by ERIC OLSON
U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners Warden Linda Sanders talked retirement, drug smuggling and puppies during her July 18 interview with Springfield Business Journal Editor Eric Olson as part of the 12 People You Need to Know breakfast series. At the prison, she leads 600 employees with a $103 million budget, overseeing 1,000 prisoners.
SBJ photo by WES HAMILTON
U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners Warden Linda Sanders talked retirement, drug smuggling and puppies during her July 18 interview with Springfield Business Journal Editor Eric Olson as part of the 12 People You Need to Know breakfast series. At the prison, she leads 600 employees with a $103 million budget, overseeing 1,000 prisoners.
SBJ photo by WES HAMILTON
College of the Ozarks students took a mission trip June 11-22 to the Central American country of Belize. Several college faculty and students have developed a relationship with the natives throughout their various trips over the course of the past six years and served alongside their health care providers. Pictured are three C of O nursing students, seniors Levi Sheckley, Shelby Wilson and Kaitlin Jennings.
Photo provided by COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS
The first concrete went down July 20 at NorthStar Battery and City Utilities’ joint battery-powered electricity storage system in southwest Springfield. The companies plan a September installation of 1,100 batteries – each about twice the size of an average car battery – at CU’s Cox Road substation south of Republic Road.
SBJ photo by ERIC OLSON
The first concrete went down July 20 at NorthStar Battery and City Utilities’ joint battery-powered electricity storage system in southwest Springfield. The companies plan a September installation of 1,100 batteries – each about twice the size of an average car battery – at CU’s Cox Road substation south of Republic Road.
SBJ photo by ERIC OLSON
Frank McMahon, second from left, donates a portrait of Bald Knobber victim Andrew Coggburn to the White River Valley Historical Society. McMahon is the great-nephew of Coggburn, who was killed by a vigilante group leader in 1886. Also donated were several notebooks of genealogical research from the collection of Diana Craig Steele Bryant. Pictured with McMahon are society Managing Director Leslie Wyman, left, and members Vonda Wilson Sheets and Jeff Michel.
Photo provided by WHITE RIVER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Springfield event venue Belamour LLC gained new ownership; The Wok on West Bypass opened; and Hawk Barber & Shop closed on a business purchase that expanded its footprint to Ozark.
