(Springfield’s News Talk 104.1) – Springfield Mayor Ken McClure held his final State of the City speech on Thursday.
“It is hard for me to believe how quickly time has passed since first being elected mayor in 2017. In some respects, the whole world has changed in just seven short years. We have survived a pandemic. We have addressed seemingly intractable problems. We have cried together, laughed together, and defined a vision for our collective future. Throughout the past seven years, we fought crime, contained fires and built new roads and confronted a deadly disease and emerged stronger than before. We enhanced our community through economic development and quality of place. We found new ways to tackle old problems…and head off new ones from becoming problems. It has been an extraordinary journey,” he said.
McClure addressed the uptick of gun violence in Springfield.
Out of the 133 shooting investigations in 2023 in Springfield, 21 of the suspects were age 18 and under and 66 of them were age 24 and under.
McClure also addressed the economic health of the city, mental health, and growing the housing options within the city.
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