SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — “Jamaica is a strong island of faith, you know? They believe prayers can fix anything, and I also believe that,” Du’Sean Howard says.
Howard is the owner of Jamaican Patty Co., with two locations in Springfield, but Howard is a Jamaican native, and has been seeing the news about Hurricane Melissa.
“I grew up in Jamaica, went to school there. I have a lot of friends there,” Howard said. “The last time we were there was in 2024 in January.”…