The Springfield Police Department has teamed up with testmyteen.com to give local parents $5,000 worth of free vouchers for at-home drug testing kits. Matt Brown, Public Affairs Officer for the Springfield Police Department, said the department has been in conversation with Test My Teen for several months before they formed an alliance. As of Friday, [...]
From ONJ From ONJ From ONJ Coffee Ethic by AmandaHess
Downtown Springfield has been dealing with problems in recent years including business closings, plans changing and projects failing. Bigger projects have suffered from the recession. Many projects have been in place to revitalize downtown like the 1.8 million renovation of Park Central Square. Many small prosperous projects have been completed as the revitalization of downtown continues. [...]
The Springfield-Greene County Health Department has seen a recent increase of gonorrhea infections lately. The department’s STD clinic usually only diagnoses about four cases a month and from Oct. 3 to Nov. 8 the clinic diagnosed 19 cases. From ONJ The health department said gonorrhea can be prevented by abstaining from sexual intercourse, using condoms consistently [...]
I am a lover of coffee and the sweet aroma of laid-back coffee shops. The ease, the smells; Everything about a coffee shop makes me smile. Due to time constraints I cannot frequent them as much as I would like, but I still like to visit different shops and try out their products. Coffee is [...]
Yesterday I talked to Mike Crocker, the assistant director of Dickerson Park Zoo, about people that keep exotic animals as pets. Primates are often a popular exotic animal kept as pets. However, they are dangerous. Exotic animals are not like cats and dogs, they are wild animals and have wild tendencies. Be cautious when you [...]
Last weekend my phone decided to change for daylight saving time early. When it was actually 7 a.m., I thought it was 6 a.m. This would have been fine if I didn’t have to work at 7 a.m. and I was actually 30 minutes late to work instead of early like I had thought. However [...]
Winter is nearing, the weather is getting cooler and electricity bills always seem to increase with the changing of seasons. With the economy still in an uncertain place, it’s in your interest to save as much money as you can. You can do this by conserving energy and getting your house ready for winter. 1. [...]
For another class I have been looking at statistics on health care costs and health insurance and have been shocked at some of my findings. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported only 73 percent of all workers have access to health care benefits at their job and only 59 percent of all workers receive those [...]
Brown Egg, located on the corner of Kimbrough and Madison, opened its doors to customers 10 days ago. Its menu is full of breakfast foods (served all day), lunches, salads, desserts and baked goods. For drinks, they serve coffee products of all kinds, Italian sodas, and smoothies. All products are reasonably priced; I did not [...]
