• Mon
    21
  • Tue
    22
  • Wed
    23
  • Thu
    24
  • Fri
    25
  • Sat
    26
  • Sun
    27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
IN THIS WEEKS ISSUE
News

Making downtown lovable

Design experts envision a walkable, bike-friendly urban core

By Patrick Yeagle

What started as a search for office space has turned into an investment adventure for Springfield architect Larry Quenette. He took a gamble when he decided to turn the three-story Dunn Building at 20

Film - Chuck Koplinski

Powerful message saves this Bully

By Chuck Koplinski

There’s plenty of blame and shame to go around in Lee Hirsch’s Bully, a flawed yet compelling documentary that puts our nation’s bullying epidemic under the microscope. Shot in 2010,

Food - Julianne Glatz

Weapons of mass deliciousness

By Julianne Glatz

It’s performance art. It’s more than a little quirky. It’s fun but also somewhat disconcerting – something that makes you think. And, above all, it’s delicious. It’

Music - Tom Irwin

Curfew canceled. SOHO saved. For now.

By Tom Irwin

Amid the many calamities occurring everywhere all the time, the Springfield music scene recently had our very own crisis to overcome. Mayor Michael Houston announced last Thursday morning on the Jim L

News

Always chasing rainbows

Springfield prepares for its second gay pride celebration

By Bruce Rushton

Don’t-ask-don’t-tell is gone. Civil unions are the law of the land in Illinois. The president, who three years ago declared June to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, s

News

Chipping away

Board upholds findings against lawyer

By Bruce Rushton

A review board for the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission has rejected a Springfield bankruptcy attorney’s appeal of an ARDC hearing board recommendation that his law lic

Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Fountain of death

Sangamon County shows the nation how to die young

By James Krohe Jr.

How did that song go again? I had it right on the tip of – oh yeah. “I hope I die before I get old.” Apparently you have a good chance to doing just that if you live in Sangamon Coun

News

Run to remember a special veteran

By Neil Schneider

When Brian McMillen walked into her office at Lincoln Land Community College in 2002, Jenny Gietl knew there was something special about him. McMillen had just returned from his second year of active

Guest Opinion

Justice for black farmers

By Ralph Paige

The 180-day period for monetary claims by black farmers against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) expires this month. May 11, 2012 was the last day for black farmer claimants to file

News

Action Now protests federal budget cuts

Group says it’s confused about Johnson’s vote

By Neil Schneider

A group of 15 to 20 individuals and members of Action Now gathered outside Republican headquarters in Springfield May 10 to protest and question the decision making of U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson.  Joh

National - Jim Hightower

Making chemical giants happy at our expense

By Jim Hightower

Thanks to the blessings of nature and good farmers, you and I can enjoy such scrumptious delights as fresh corn-on-the-cob, popcorn and many other variations of this truly great grain. And now, thanks

IT Hot Picks
Colorful cavalcade
By Anita Stienstra
Excellent ales
By Anita Stienstra
Fare and square
By Anita Stienstra
Illinois vintage
By Anita Stienstra
Celtic menagerie
By Anita Stienstra
Stand-up humor
By Anita Stienstra
Pioneering the past
By Anita Stienstra
Politics - Rich Miller

Cullerton may end legislative session May 31

By Rich Miller

Senate President John Cullerton has been telling some of his members for weeks that he was resigned to an overtime session. The General Assembly likely wouldn’t be able to adjourn by the schedul

Advice Goddess

I get a kickball out of you

By Amy Alkon

My boyfriend of three months is 22, and so am I. He tells me he loves me but is horrible about returning texts and calls and following through with dates. (He seems to ditch me if something better com