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News | Thursday, January 17,2013

First charges, now a lawsuit

But ex-cop still on public payroll

By Bruce Rushton
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
News | Thursday, January 17,2013

Attorney General asks for rehearing on crucial gun case

Madigan hopes to reverse concealed carry

By Patrick Yeagle
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan asked a federal court last week to rehear a crucial case dealing with concealed carry of firearms. The court previously struck down Illinois’ ban on concea
News | Thursday, January 17,2013

Springfield fire captain arrested a third time

Promoted despite DUI history

By Bruce Rushton
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
News | Thursday, January 17,2013

Power lines may bring more than electricity

By Jacqueline Muhammad
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
News | Thursday, January 10,2013

The Lanphier lion learns to roar

A high school reinvents itself with a big pot of money

By Patrick Yeagle
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
News | Thursday, January 10,2013

Priestly predilections continue

But diocese screening process does not

By Bruce Rushton
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
News | Thursday, January 10,2013

City approves benefits for civil-union partners

But secrecy remains

By Bruce Rushton
After a delay caused by a court setback, the Springfield City Council has extended health benefits to civil-union partners of municipal employees.But the council’s action might still be illegal
News | Thursday, January 3,2013

Tied up at the moment

Cuffed priest granted leave

By Bruce Rushton
Rev. Bernard Thomas Donovan at St. Aloysius Church in Springfield makes a 911 call to request help escaping from his handcuffs.
News | Thursday, December 20,2012

No joking matter

Police sued after cops laugh

By Bruce Rushton
A Springfield man has sued officers from Springfield and Jerome, claiming that police used excessive force while arresting him a year ago.A police microphone captures officers Michael Brown and Chance
News | Thursday, December 20,2012

The sky’s the limit

Airports are cash cows, except for Grandpa’s Farm

By Bruce Rushton
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