First off welcome to the area, I’m about an hour and a half north, but Springfield is a great bowling area with Champaign, Peoria and St. Louis all not that far away with a lot of bowling action.
Now for pro shops, the one in King Pin is solid, Rick Coy’s solid 9 shop in Taylorville is great and Rick is an awesome dude. The bowlersmart in Peoria’s landmark lanes is run by Tony Schnack and he’s a great dude too. You have quite a few good options. David Bolt in Champaign is also another really good one, he’s got two shops if I remember correctly there.