The Red Cross has opened an emergency shelter at the request of the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management. The shelter, at Day Springs Christian Church, 2157 N. Prospect in Springfield, opened at 8 last night to house residents impacted by flooding.
City Utilities is providing free rides to the bus stop in front of the curhc from 6 am to 10 pm while the shelter is open. Riders just need to ask the bus driver to take them to the Red Cross Shelter.
For more information about the shelter, call 207-6349.
Meanwhile, the shelter in Branson has moved to the Branson Salvation Army, 1114 Stanley Avenue.