SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — "We need an elevator like now. Not next week. Not next month. Now," Amy Moreau says outside the Jenny Lind Apartments.

Moreau has lived there for several years, and on the sixth floor.

Since early 2024, she's had to walk up and down from the sixth floor, and not by choice.

"We have two elevators. One's been broke for five years, and the big one's been broke for a year and a half," Moreau said. "I have to walk down to get my mail. I have to walk down to get picked up for my medical trips to my doctor. You know, I have to walk down to visit with my friends. It just hurts me. My lower back, my hips, my arms, my neck starting to hurt because of this (pointing to a cane she now uses to walk)."

Ozarks First reached out to the city for an update on the repairs.

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