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

Attorney General asks for rehearing on crucial gun case

Madigan hopes to reverse concealed carry

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

Power lines may bring more than electricity

As Ameren moves forward with plans for a high-voltage power line across central Illinois, opposition is growing from some landowners and farmers to Ameren’s chosen route. On Nov. 7, 2012, Ameren

The Lanphier lion learns to roar

A high school reinvents itself with a big pot of money

The halls of Lanphier High School are strangely quiet. About 1,100 students file through the school’s maze of corridors several times each day, bringing the usual sounds of slamming lockers, cha

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

Tied up at the moment

Cuffed priest granted leave

No joking matter

Police sued after cops laugh

The sky’s the limit

Airports are cash cows, except for Grandpa’s Farm

As the nation hurtles toward a fiscal cliff, the Illinois Department of Transportation has released a study showing that airports are economic catalysts.The study’s authors, it seems, have never