Greene County Commissioners, from left, John Russell, Bob Dixon and Harold Bengsch on Jan. 9 sign the county’s 2020 budget. Approved expenses are up 22% to $233.7 million, compared with the prior year. The sum includes $45 million toward the $150 million jail project near Springfield-Branson National Airport. Officials say about $15 million in requests were cut from the budget.
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NEW NO. 1
History Museum on the Square Executive Director John Sellars on Jan. 10 announces its first-place ranking on USA Today’s 10Best.com poll for the best new attraction in 2019. It beat out the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in New York, No. 2, and The Hunger Games: The Exhibition in Las Vegas. The Springfield museum opened Aug. 8, 2019, at 154 Park Central Square, after five years and $12 million of renovations.
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NEW NO. 1
History Museum on the Square on Jan. 10 announces its first-place ranking on USA Today’s 10Best.com poll for the best new attraction in 2019. It beat out the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in New York, No. 2, and The Hunger Games: The Exhibition in Las Vegas. The Springfield museum opened Aug. 8, 2019, at 154 Park Central Square, after five years and $12 million of renovations.
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CLARKES’ COMPLEX
Missouri State University President Clif Smart, from left, and Athletics Director Kyle Moats on Jan. 12 present Krystyna and Dr. Michael Clarke with a plaque recognizing their naming rights gift. The men’s and women’s basketball locker rooms and team facilities at the campus arena are now called the Clarke Family Basketball Complex. The university has not announced a new name for the arena since the JQH signage was removed seven months ago.