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

THR shuts down

Stores close

An eye for the ladies

Inappropriate contact by former cop alleged

Former Jerome police officer Steven Stirmell kept nude photographs of himself on the police department’s computer system and also made unwelcome advances toward women, according to investigative

One last spin

Your guide to the State Fair’s final four days

For Amy Bliefnick, the Illinois State Fair is like a party with 815,000 of her closest friends. Bliefnick has been manager of the fair for eight years, making her the longest-serving manager in the fa

Keeping track

Candidates vie for auditor’s post

Quick: What are the duties of the Sangamon County auditor?If you said “keeping track of money,” you’d be right: The auditor serves as the county’s bookkeeper and monitors finan

My visit with a centenarian

Marie Aldridge, neatly dressed and mentally alert, is 103 years old, born May 10, 1909. She has some trouble hearing and seeing. She lives in a Decatur nursing home.She really can’t give a secre