Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Thursday, August 16,2007

A matter of timing

Don’t wait till it’s too late to show someone you care

Untitled Document Aidah Mahmood’s e-mails were easy to ignore. The first one, on May 28, was a single rambling paragraph into which she had condensed an incredible horror s

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, July 18,2007

The Holy Grail?

Why the 2,300-page ISP report is likely to raise more questions than it answers

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Back in December 2005, I spent several days in a Sangamon County courtroom watching a middle-aged man stand trial for possession of marijuana. Set up in a sting

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, July 11,2007

Move over, Homer

Here’s the real story about Springfield, USA

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Simpsons schmimpsons. Who needs ’em? So what if Springfield, Vt., whomped us in USA Today’s contest to host the animated family’s movie pre

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, June 27,2007

A Springfield tutorial

Explaining the capital city isn’t easy

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Here at Illinois Times, we have a new full-time staff writer, which qualifies as a truly blessed event at our lean, mean little journalism machine. Her name is

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, May 23,2007

Capital offenses

Give this column to your friends who don’t know their O’s from their A’s

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document If you’re the kind of person who solves crossword puzzles with an ink pen, responds with the right questions faster than the contestants on Jeopardy!, and

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, May 9,2007

“Why not me?”

A-type career woman becomes an atypical mom

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Michelle Higginbotham is allergic to children — not literally, but almost. “I don’t like babies, and you can quote me on that,”

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, April 25,2007

Blow to go

Legislation to require breath-alcohol ignition devices stirs controversy

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Picture this: You’ve got floor seats for a sold-out concert, a date with the object of your obsession, a full set of fresh threads, and your hair looking

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Thursday, April 12,2007

Stepping up

Rejected Springfield firefighter applicant shines as Chicagoland police officer

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Maybe you remember Michael Newman. For a few months, in the summer of 2005, he made news as the guy who wanted to be a Springfield firefighter but was disqualif

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, March 28,2007

Line in the sand

Alderman says city needs to stop westward expansion

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document If you’ve ever lived in an actual city, you might not think of Springfield and the term “urban sprawl” in the same sentence. Or the same parag

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, March 14,2007

Kinderfingers

The mystery of the school door that suddenly went on the attack

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document I’m not a fan of horror movies, but I think most of them start with a beautiful girl enjoying a carefree life, then suddenly being attacked by a monster.