Black marshals get their due

Springfield author tours nation to share history

Bass Reeves once single-handedly arrested 19 horse thieves. A deputy U.S. Marshal from 1875 to 1907, Reeves made more than 3,000 arrests and even once arrested his own son who was wanted for murder. B

Ponzi victims seeking restitution and donations

Investigators try to round up stolen funds

He may be no Bernie Madoff, but James U. Dodge of Springfield still managed to scam dozens of people across central Illinois out of almost $1.8 million. And even though Dodge was convicted of two coun

Ting sent packing

UIS faculty senate leader resigns

Bowing to pressure from colleagues, Tih-Fen Ting has resigned from the University of Illinois Springfield faculty senate.Ting, an environmental studies professor who had been the senate’s chairw

Tase me, bro

‘It doesn’t just hurt, it really, really hurts.’

While Springfield park police mull Tasers, the Sangamon County sheriff’s office has adjusted training after the 2010 death of Patrick Burns, who died following a struggle with taser-wielding dep

That’s all, folks

Chris Britt leaves the State Journal-Register

Chris Britt sounds like crap.What started out two weeks ago as a bad cold has morphed into pneumonia, and his words come as croaks between coughs.  The career of the State Journal-Register’

Destination Dinner Table brings together families and good food

Parents looking for a way to prepare healthier meals on a budget, while also bringing family members together for dinner may find answers in the Destination Dinner Table program.  On Wednesd

Email-gate

UIS faculty leader leaked information to president’s chief of staff who resigned

While a brouhaha over anonymous emails has resulted in the resignation of a top aide to University of Illinois president Michael Hogan, there have been no apparent consequences for a University of Ill

Lawsuit claims Illinois illegally withholds treatment for kids

Proposes better treatment for behavioral disorders

A class action lawsuit against the state of Illinois alleges state welfare agencies illegally withhold treatment for children with emotional and behavioral disorders. The lawsuit could affect more tha

Municipal pensions eat more, but they’re still hungry

Whether the city of Springfield is facing a pension crisis in police and firefighter retirement systems depends on who’s doing the talking. Mayor Mike Houston and Bill McCarty, director of

Developer blasts new Enos School plan

District 186 defends decision to build rather than renovate

A Springfield developer with plans to revamp part of the Mid-Illinois Medical District says Springfield School District 186’s plan to replace the current Enos Elementary School is likely to cost