Cap City | Thursday, February 9,2012

HISTORY OF THE FUTURE

SIU Medical School is going all out for African-American History Month, hosting a plethora of history- and diversity-themed events throughout February at 801 N. Rutledge St. Check out a handful of his

Cap City | Thursday, February 9,2012

PINK BLUES

By Cap City

Hockey has a reputation as a pretty tough game. Any sport in which referees let the players fight until someone ends up on the ice isn’t for the weak. (At one Boston Bruins game in 1979, Bruins

Cap City | Thursday, January 26,2012

SOLAR CITY

By Cap City

There’s something intriguing about solar power – the way it turns sunlight directly into useable electricity without the hassle of steam, fossil fuels or motors. It’s beautifully sim

Cap City | Thursday, January 26,2012

CASTING FOR VOTES

By Cap City

Shatriya Smith is attempting to walk the extra mile in support of Illinois’ 96th district Democratic state representative candidate Winston Taylor. There’s just one problem: both of S

Cap City | Thursday, January 12,2012

ICE ABES

By Cap City

Keeping that new year’s resolution to get in shape can be next to impossible if you try to do it alone. But if you don’t mind a little cold weather, you can get some motivation and support

Cap City | Thursday, January 12,2012

VIDEO POLITICS

By Cap City

In an election year, nothing is more important to a potential voter than getting to the root of the issues and understanding where a candidate stands on those issues.Susan Nightingale, president and c

Cap City | Thursday, January 5,2012

WHERE TO TAKE ELECTRONICS

By Cap City

Fax machines and VCRs might be so yesterday as the 21st century nears teenhood, but that doesn’t mean that such electronic junk belongs in the trash.Beginning this month, it is illegal to dump u

Cap City | Thursday, January 5,2012

GETTING RID OF GOVERNMENT

By Cap City

Mosquito abatement districts. Tuberculosis sanitarium districts.Not exactly stuff that sets civic hearts afire. But the Sangamon County Citizens’ Efficiency Commission is, nonetheless, examining

Cap City | Thursday, December 15,2011

CHALK TALK

By Cap City

Kids playing hopscotch is one thing.But after weeks of decorating downtown sidewalks with symbols, slogans and quotations, members of Occupy Springfield have gotten crosswise with police, who last wee

Cap City | Thursday, December 15,2011

MOUNDS OF MEALS

By Cap City

Forty-thousand pounds. That’s about equal to the weight of 10 cars, two large elephants or about 210 grown men. It’s also the total weight of food given away to families in need by the Cen