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Feature | Wednesday, January 23,2008
Language of the land
A personal glossary of terms to describe unique natural features of central Illinois
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They speed by on Interstate 55, cars a blur, on their
way from one metropolis to another. A world outside their windows flashes
by, perceived as a
Feature | Wednesday, January 16,2008
Happy feats
Springfields Ketchum Five have learned more than dance steps on the path to success
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Linda Ketchum clutches photographs of five smiling
kids decked out in costumes that span the colors of the rainbow. She fights
off tears as she flip
Feature | Wednesday, January 9,2008
Barack & Roll
The junior senator from Illinois shows that he’s the real deal — but we already knew that
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Adin Davis stands on a
brightly colored mat decorated with numbers, letters, and shapes in the
center of a packed room that’s growing more cr
Feature | Wednesday, December 26,2007
Adultery, Murder, and Lincoln
Pivotal Springfield case helped advance future president’s career
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The autopsy confirmed what the doctor suspected;
someone had been trying to poison George Anderson. The strychnine in his
system certainly explained
Feature | Wednesday, December 26,2007
Springfield in 2007
The year in review, in the words of people who made news
In the capital city, the more things change, the more
they stay the same.
At Illinois Times, we started 2007 with a look at racial issues in
Feature | Wednesday, December 19,2007
Christmas songs
Music speaks of freedom and unbridled transcendental love
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I play guitar — or, at least, I like to think I
do — but I never have learned any Christmas carols, though I’ve
attempted to fingerpick “
Feature | Wednesday, December 19,2007
“Is America Great?”
If somehow we could only work Santa into this story
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If somehow we could only work Santa into this
story
By JACQUELINE JACKSON
I was in a school
hallway, collecting work that had to be done t
Feature | Wednesday, December 19,2007
Lost in translation
Surviving this Christmas turned out to be miraculous
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The Christmas of 1985, I was 19 and living in Paris,
where I worked as a fille au pair for Monsieur and Madame Roth and their two young
daughters. I was homesic
Feature | Wednesday, December 19,2007
The place to be
As the days grow short, father and daughter lean on each other
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“Pops, which shoes should I wear with
this?”
My dad’s eyes dart up from under his glasses,
and he gives me, then my feet, a quick glan
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