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News | Thursday, May 16,2013

Filet-O-Snitch

A prosecution witness gets grilled

By Bruce Rushton
Jason Harris is the sort of criminal who seems incapable of telling the truth.
News | Tuesday, May 14,2013

Former sheriff's deputy suspected of shoplifting

Deputy previously acquitted of stealing plants from a Sherman park

By Bruce Rushton
A former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy recently acquitted on charges of stealing plants from a Sherman park is suspected of shoplifting but not arrested.
News | Tuesday, May 14,2013

Telling time

Key witness testifies

By Bruce Rushton
A key witness testified Tuesday in the murder trial of Christopher Harris, and if the jury believes Ronald Frakes, the defense faces tough odds.
News | Monday, May 13,2013

Shredgate: The saga continues

Court asked to order documents preserved

By Bruce Rushton
A man who is suing the city of Springfield for destroying police internal affairs records is asking a judge to bar the city from destroying more documents. In an emergency motion for a protective
News | Thursday, May 9,2013

A plea for African-Americans to get screened for diseases

By Jacqueline Muhammad
A diagnosis with stage three Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 12 led Julius Simmons of Springfield to make a lifetime commitment to health and medical research.While urging a Springfield audience to get
News | Thursday, May 9,2013

State suspends doctor, finally

Action comes after deaths, disfiguration

By Bruce Rushton
Dr. Stephen Austin Cullinan, a Peoria physician whose poor care has resulted in death, amputation and scores of lawsuits across the Midwest, has surrendered his license to practice medicine in Illinoi
News | Thursday, May 9,2013

Bringing people back downtown

The effort to revive the heart of Springfield

By Patrick Yeagle
When Jasper Madonia started working in downtown Springfield in 1939, the downtown was a different place from today. He describes a bustling place so busy that he had to push his way through the crowds
News | Tuesday, May 7,2013

City lacked approval to destroy records

Police files shredded anyway

By Bruce Rushton
A local governmental records commission says the Springfield Police Department ignored procedures in destroying records prematurely.
News | Monday, May 6,2013

Houston: We have a problem, maybe

Mayor asks attorney general to probe police

By Bruce Rushton
Springfield Mayor Mike Houston has asked attorney general Lisa Madigan to determine whether the city’s police department did anything wrong when it expunged police internal affairs files, appare
News | Sunday, May 5,2013

City council mulls criminal investigation

Attorney general may be asked to probe cops

By Bruce Rushton
Springfield aldermen are considering whether to ask attorney general Lisa Madigan to investigate the shredding of police internal affairs files to determine whether the cops broke the law. Und