Cap City | Thursday, May 9,2013

GARDEN ALL YEAR

Lincoln Land Community College is giving garden enthusiasts the opportunity to learn how to garden year-round. On May 9 and 10, Four Season Tools gardening experts will host a workshop on movable stru

Cap City | Thursday, May 9,2013

FARM-FRESH FOOD

By Cap City

It’s spring in the fields, and for Springfield, that means it’s farmers market time! The Old Capitol Farmers Market opens next week with a variety of food, goods, and festivities. To

Cap City | Thursday, May 2,2013

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

By Cap City

Is this sluggish economy ever going to get back to normal? A recent survey of Sangamon County employers doesn’t hold out much hope, though the employers seemed optimistic about their own situati

Cap City | Thursday, May 2,2013

HELP HISTORIC FIREHOUSE

By Cap City

Springfield’s first African-American firehouse is in need of restoration. The Springfield Area Basic Crafts Council, Operating Engineers Local 965 and The Springfield Project have helped raise m

Cap City | Thursday, April 25,2013

COP CRIB

By Cap City

The Enos Park neighborhood has some real momentum going these days. On the heels of a beautiful new duplex on Fifth Street, built by Habitat for Humanity of Sangamon County to look like it was built a

Cap City | Thursday, April 25,2013

DOCTORS GIVE DOLLARS

By Cap City

The Sangamon County Medical Society Alliance awarded 11 grants to 10 local nonprofit organizations and three Medical Alliance Health Program certificates. The grants were given to organizations that p

Cap City | Thursday, April 18,2013

GOOD DEEDS INDEED

By Cap City

In light of all the destruction and uncertainty that bombards us every day, it can be easy to overlook the good in humanity. But on Friday, about 250 volunteers will spread across the city to do good

Cap City | Thursday, April 18,2013

BANK WANTS GOLD FROM GOLD’S GYM

By Cap City

Illini Bank is foreclosing on Gold’s Gym, a popular Springfield workout facility on the city’s east side.The bank says that it is owed more than $4.3 million in three mortgages that have g

Cap City | Thursday, April 11,2013

DEMOCRACY IN JEROME

By Cap City

The Springfield School Board is an exercise in chaos. The Springfield Park District is without an executive director or solid finances. You wouldn’t know it from turnout at this week’s ele

Cap City | Thursday, April 11,2013

GARDEN RUN

By Cap City

In 1936, Harriet Knudson of Springfield helped create a sanctuary on the then-new Springfield Lake for plants native to Abe Lincoln’s home states of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. Today, that s