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Read the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program Citizen Centric Report
Restaurant Inspections
Food establishments are inspected one to three times a year. The frequency of inspection is based on the type of food served, the population served, the difficulty level of food preparation and the inspection history of the facility.
Restaurants preparing food from raw ingredients are inspected more often than convenience stores that serve only non-potentially hazardous foods such as popcorn and soda.
Violations found during an inspection fall into the critical or non-critical category.
Resources
- Learn more about food inspections
- Search for food inspection results in Greene County
- Permits, guidelines, and other information for food establishments
- Food safety and how to avoid foodborne illness
- Calendar for Food Handlers Safety Class
Recent Inspections
Click on the establishment name to view more detail about the inspection, including details of critical violations.
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KUM & GO #551 -
2149 S CAMPBELL SPRINGFIELD
Purpose of visit: Reinspection
Critical Violations: 1 Noncritical Violations: 0 -
RIKSHA, THE -
222 N PARK CENTRAL SPRINGFIELD
Purpose of visit: Inspection
Critical Violations: 1 Noncritical Violations: 5 -
EBBET'S FIELD -
1027 E WALNUT SPRINGFIELD
Purpose of visit: Inspection
Critical Violations: 2 Noncritical Violations: 2
Search for your favorite restaurant's most recent inspection.
Animal Control
We reunite dogs and cats with their owners, facilitate adoptions by approved rescue partners, and protect residents from animals running at large.
If you have lost a dog, please review the photos below or visit the Animal Shelter in person during hours of operation to view the dogs being held there. We cannot go by descriptions over the phone to help you decide if your dog is being held at the Animal Shelter.
Dogs will be held at the Animal Shelter for a minimum of five days, including weekends and holidays.
We have partnered with Pefinder.com to display animals currently housed and the Animal Shelter and animals elgible for adoptions by qualified animal resuce groups. Click on the links below to view these animals.
The Animal Shelter accepts owner-turn-ins from inside the Springfield City limits for a $20 fee during normal public hours. Dogs may be turned in from the Urban Animal Control Area.
Women, Infants, and Children
The Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Education and Supplemental Food Program (WIC) serves to safeguard the health of eligible women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk.
WIC is designed to improve the nutritional health of pregnant women, breastfeeding moms, infants and children with the goal of improving the overall health of families.
Check out WIC or learn more below:
- Food Package
- Our Healthy Start
- WIC Locations and Our Staff
- Eligibility Guidelines
- Lactation Support
- My First WIC Visit
“What can I do at WIC?”
- Doula Foundation services
- Referral to Doula services
- Itsy Bitsy Yoga classes
- Prenatal Yoga classes
- Toddlers and Tikes Yoga
- Childbirth classes
- Our Healthy Start
- Pre and Post Natal care by a Certified Nurse Midwife-Carla Boone
- General Women's health
- Parents at Teachers Educators
- Library services
- Story time and books
- Computers and games
- Extended office hours for working parents
- Coffee and refreshments (nominal fee)
- Free Internet access in the coffee bar
- Nutrition Education classes
- Infant feeding
- Breastfeeding
- Child nutrition
- Oral health
- Food labels
- Cooking demonstrations
- Food Package designed for participant—healthy foods
- Health Screenings
- Breastfeeding support and information
- Lactation Consultants
- After Hours helpline
- Nursing bra fittings
- Breast Pump Rentals
- Private nursing rooms
WIC Movies
Air Quality and Pollen Count
The air in Springfield meets the federal air quality standards, however, the growing number of people, businesses, and industry all combine with our climate and topography to create the potential for air pollution problems.
Current Pollen Report
Current Air Quality Data
Air Quality Index Map
This map shows the most current Air Quality Index. Read more about what these colors mean at Air Quality Index.
Learn more about Springfield Air Quality.
Birth and
Death Certificates
Birth and death certificates are provided by Vital Records in the Harold K. Bengsch Building Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For questions related to vital records including birth and death certificates, please e-mail Cathy Smith or call 417-864-1411.
Birth Certificates
Vital Records can provide certified copies of Missouri birth certificates for $15.00 each with a cash, check, credit card or money order payment. Birth certificates are available for most births of 1920 to present. The birth certificate copy will be printed while you wait.
Birth certificates are only issued to the following people:
- Registrant
- Relatives up to, but not including, cousins
- Legal guardians
- Step-parents
- Legally authorized individuals as determined by Missouri Department of Health rules relating to access to vital records
More information is available at Vital Records.
Death Certificates
Certified copies of Missouri death certificates will also be provided to qualified individuals for $13.00 for the first copy and $10.00 for each subsequent copy for the same person in the same visit.
Death certificates may be issued to relatives or to third parties with a legal need. Death certificates are available for deaths occurring from 1980 to the present in Missouri.
More information is available at Vital Records.
Online Orders
This office does not accept online orders. However, for your convenience, documents can be requested by phone or online through an independent company that we have partnered with to provide this service -- VitalChek Network, Inc. An additional $9.95 fee is charged by VitalChek for using this service, and all major credit cards are accepted, including American Express®, Discover®, MasterCard® or Visa®. To further expedite the request, overnight services are offered. Applications can be placed on-line at www.vitalchek.com or by phone, toll-free at 1-877-817-7363.
Additional Information
For births or deaths that occurred outside Missouri, see Where to Write for Vital Records, CDC. See also the State of Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Information on Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Information.
