Ward 4 battle goes the distance

SPRINGFIELD – After six rounds of voting and nearly an hour of deliberating, the Springfield City Council decided to appoint Jill Cuadros as the interim Ward 4 councilor.

Mary Bridget Smith, city attorney, facilitated deliberations on the interim position during a council meeting on Monday night that ended at 10 p.m. Councilors were briefed on the voting process and informed that the mayor would not participate in the vote, as only four matching votes were…