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News | Thursday, July 5,2012

SMTD sees change ahead

Transportation advocates involved in talks to improve service

By Patrick Yeagle
Janice Smith of Springfield says the public bus system is her lifeline. She rides buses all over Springfield to work, to shop and to visit friends – in short, everywhere. She’s on a bus al
News | Thursday, July 5,2012

Garbage in, garbage out, garbage everywhere

City vows fix to perennial waste issues

By Bruce Rushton
This time, things are different, says Springfield public works director Mark Mahoney.It doesn’t take many brain cells to figure out that the city’s method for collecting trash is, politely
News | Thursday, July 5,2012

Group forms to give voice to small businesses

Illinois small business owners want health care marketplace

By Neil Schneider
A group of organizations and business owners in Illinois have banded together to create a united voice about health care reform for small businesses.The Small Business Health Care Consortium, or SBHCC
News | Thursday, June 28,2012

Illinois falls apart

State agencies scramble to avert crises as funding vanishes

By Patrick Yeagle
Marc Miller has been an outdoorsman for as long as he can remember.Miller says he grew up in a family of hunters, anglers and camping enthusiasts, but also learned the value of protecting the land. He
News | Thursday, June 28,2012

Falsely accused mothers:Reopen shaken baby case

By Neil Schneider
Three mothers traveled to Springfield on June 23 to speak out in support of another woman accused of shaking a baby to death. Pamela Jacobazzi, 57, is currently serving a 32-year prison sentence at th
News | Thursday, June 28,2012

State sued over prison conditions

By Bruce Rushton
Conditions at Vienna Correctional Center are something out of a Dickens novel, judging by a stomach-churning lawsuit filed earlier this month by inmates who say they live with filth, vermin and a pauc
News | Thursday, June 28,2012

THR’s finances exposed

Silver and gold dominate Parsons divorce case

By Bruce Rushton
In what is fast shaping up as Springfield’s version of The War Of The Roses, the divorce case of Jeffrey Parsons heated up last week during a hearing that entangled Todd Green, a local car deale
News | Thursday, June 28,2012

Tragedy in Grandview

Jury delivers guilty verdict on murder charge

By Bruce Rushton
On the stand, Tremayne Willis sounded exactly like the former soldier that he is.Answers were short, lots of “Yes, sirs” and “No, sirs” as Willis, charged with first-degree mur
News | Friday, June 22,2012

Quinn reinstates early prison release

Program touted to save state money, increase public safety

By Patrick Yeagle
Gov. Pat Quinn today signed a law allowing Illinois prison inmates to receive credits toward their sentences in a move meant to reduce overcrowding and save the state money.  Quinn signed SB262
News | Thursday, June 21,2012

Springfield’s poor record on minority hiring

Diversity in city police and fire departments all show, no dough

By Bruce Rushton
For years, Springfield politicians have talked the talk: We need more minorities in the police and fire departments. The numbers are undeniably dismal. More than 96 percent of firefighters are wh