Rat infestation in Springfield home cleared

A rat infestation in a home at 619 S. Lincoln has been abated, city inspectors have concluded.As a result, retired judge Roger Holmes, a hearing officer for the city’s administrative court, found the property’s landlords in full compliance Wednesday pending the clearing of payment for fines previously assessed.The assessment closes a more than two-month ordeal that has drawn the ire of neighbors worried about rats finding their way into their homes and members of the […]