Will he or won’t he?

Aaron Schock faces the press

U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock says he hasn’t decided whether to run for governor next year, but the Republican from Peoria is sounding and behaving like a candidate.Consider a press availability sessio

Scratching an itch

Dandruff could be definitive

If Abraham Lincoln were alive, would he need Head and Shoulders?The answer could settle whether a hat on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum actually belonged to Abe.The hat

State auditor general suspected of DUI

Still no jackpot

Money for streets no sure bet

Video gambling was illegal in Springfield when Mayor Mike Houston took office in the spring of 2011 and vowed to fix the city’s crumbling streets, sidewalks and sewers without raising taxes.Vide

No room at the inn

Alonso Travis died waiting for help

You may recall Alonso D. Travis, even if you never knew his name.He was the guy who hit you up for money on downtown sidewalks and store parking lots along Jefferson Street and on North Grand Avenue.

Mine, all mine

EPA might sue coal company

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is considering legal action against a Carlinville coal mine for violating pollution laws.Testing in the spring of 2011 revealed excessive levels of mangane

First charges, now a lawsuit

But ex-cop still on public payroll

A Springfield woman who says she was groped by a Southern View police officer in a patrol car last spring has sued the village, saying that Joseph Zeid Langan, who has since left the force, had no bus

Springfield fire captain arrested a third time

Promoted despite DUI history

A captain in the Springfield Fire Department could be disciplined after his third drunken driving arrest since 2005.Capt. Thomas A. Dodd, 51, was arrested on Dec. 30 shortly after 6:30 p.m. when an em

Priestly predilections continue

But diocese screening process does not

Sexual no-nos among clergy are nothing new in the Diocese of Springfield.The diocese in 2005 hired a Methodist to figure things out when a priest was severely beaten after soliciting sex in Douglas Pa

City approves benefits for civil-union partners

But secrecy remains