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News | Thursday, June 21,2012
Scholarships mean more than money
Community Foundation and Frontiers International reward college-bound leaders
The Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln is giving 40 college-bound students in central Illinois a boost with more than $42,000 total in scholarships.The Community Foundation for the Land of L
News | Thursday, June 21,2012
Help wanted
Goodwill is hiring like crazy
Prospects for paychecks drew hundreds of people to a Land of Lincoln Goodwill job fair last week.The charity is hiring in a big way. Within the first five hours, 42 of more than 250 applicants had rec
News | Thursday, June 21,2012
Hollywood, Illinois
Group brings major film productions to central Illinois
Springfield may not be the first place people think about when imagining locations to shoot movies or TV shows. But thanks to the efforts of one local group, this city and the central Illinois region
News | Thursday, June 21,2012
Jerome’s well runs dry
Cash-strapped village may cut police
The village of Jerome is broke and may no longer be able to afford cops.Mayor Harry Stirmell last week told the board of trustees that the village for the past two years has spent more than it has tak
News | Thursday, June 21,2012
Jerome officer charged with two felonies
Steven Stirmell accused of filing false paperwork
Former Jerome police officer Steven Stirmell has been charged with official misconduct and obstruction of justice for allegedly filing at least one false report.
News | Thursday, June 14,2012
I’ll have another
With Obed & Isaac’s in full swing, the Conns look ahead
Court Conn sounds relaxed.He’s sitting at Three Kings, a St. Louis pub, talking via cell phone, as if he had nary a care in the world. It is a Tuesday afternoon. The sun is out. He is, he says,
News | Thursday, June 14,2012
Don’t worry, bee happy
Springfield moves to regulate honeybees
Sangamon County board member Tim Moore is a Republican who favors government regulation, at least when it comes to honeybees inside Springfield city limits.“The current ordinance is very vague a
News | Thursday, June 14,2012
Ex-offenders offered hope
Summit of Hope provides knowledge and services
Parolees and ex-offenders often struggle to successfully reintegrate themselves into their community, an issue the Summit of Hope conference intends to change.At the Summit of Hope conference, held la
News | Thursday, June 14,2012
Early release worries understaffed parole agents
Caseload of ex-offenders already high, due to rise
As Gov. Pat Quinn mulls a bill to allow early release for inmates in state prisons, parole agents who monitor ex-offenders say the program would add to their already burdensome caseload.In late March,
News | Thursday, June 14,2012
Why Illinois needs work-release
Gov. Quinn wants to cut a prison program that prepares inmates for life on the outside
Thirty-two-year-old Robert Baird was excited to begin the new year with a notification from the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) granting him permission to transfer from the Pittsfield Work C
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