Parsons declares bankruptcy

Filing comes under pressure from judge

Garbage time

Trash talk in Springfield

In between debates about the merits of tanning beds and switcheroo votes on residency requirements for city employees, the Springfield city council has managed to avoid talking about garbage collectio

A Rolex shows up at Goodwill

Want a bargain on a Rolex?Check out Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries, where a gold Rolex watch showed up as just another donation left at the Wabash Avenue store in mid-July.“The production m

Do not pass go, do not collect $200 – no, wait

Jeffrey Parsons, owner of a failed business empire built on buying and reselling gold and silver, has dodged a stint in jail for defying a court order to declare bankruptcy and disclose, under oath, h

Canoe dig it

Springfield man taking dugout canoe down Illinois and Mississippi rivers

Dean Campbell of Springfield says ideas are cheap. Putting them into action is what matters.On Sept. 1, the 78-year-old former teacher will launch a 1,200-pound dugout canoe that he fashioned out of

Norma Rae comes to Springfield

Union gains foothold at SJ-R

Neighbors must pay damages for delaying hog shed

An appellate court in Springfield says opponents of a pig farm outside Rochester must pay for delaying the project. However, neither side is overly happy with the outcome.“It’s a mixed bag

Parents behaving badly

New dimension to custody tug-of-wars

After more than a year of pushing state lawmakers, the family of Steven Watkins and their supporters have a law that allows judges to revoke driver’s licenses of custodial parents who refuse to

Sangamon County cuts DUI officer

Cost concerns cited

What a difference a year makes?

At MacArthur Park, it depends on whom you ask

A little more than a year after the start of a housing inspection blitz, nearly all of the MacArthur Park apartment complex in Springfield has been inspected.City officials acknowledge some progress a