Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 12:05 am
Sexual harassment allegations from last fall are still on legislators’ minds as the General Assembly prepares for its spring session.Sen. Christina Castro, D-Elgin, filed two bills in early January...
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 12:09 am
Meet Leah Wilson
The Kidzeum of Health and Science in Springfield took a step closer to opening with the hiring of its first staff member. Leah Wilson started Jan. 2 as executive director. Wilson says the words...
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 12:08 am
Caregivers in Illinois face possible suspension following changes to their overtime policy.The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) established a 45-hour per week maximum for personal as...
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 12:07 am
Downtown apartments would be pricey
Ghosts of pratfalls past haunted Springfield council chambers this week as the city approved public funding for a rogue developer with an unproven business plan who vows to take downtown where i...
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 12:08 am
Overdoses take their toll in 2017
They range, these Sangamon County drug overdose victims, from retirees to folks who fit squarely within the stereotype of hopeless drug addict.Consider the 63-year-old man found dead last March...
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 12:07 am
Developers, planners consider land use
Developers have made peace over a comprehensive land-use plan for Springfield, but a larger battle may lie ahead.Concerned that the draft plan would curb development, particularly on the city’...
Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018 12:08 am
Tax revenue, jobs, both down
Springfield city officials blame the state and the internet for sagging municipal finances.Online purchasing, which produces no municipal sales taxes, has cut into tax collections, the city says...
Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018 12:07 am
Drug tests banned for city inspectors
The city of Springfield has sued the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, hoping to overturn an arbitrator’s decision that bars the city from drug testing building and housing insp...
Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 12:07 am
Mentally ill inmates suffer
The inmate was mumbling. Shaking. Clearly in a psychotic state and whispering about a black hole.The black hole had already demanded, and received, his blood once, the inmate told Dr. Pablo Stew...
Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 12:06 am
First Night Springfield enters its fourth decade of New Year’s Eve arts downtown
Every New Year’s Eve since Dec. 31, 1987, the Springfield Area Arts Council has thrown a downtown party featuring a wide variety of entertainment. This year’s First Night Springfield promise...
