Cap City | Thursday, November 18,2010

DINING TO DONATE

If you went out to eat in Springfield on Nov. 16, you might have made a difference in someone’s life without even knowing it. That’s because 20 restaurants in Springfield volunteered to gi

Cap City | Thursday, November 11,2010

HATE CRIMES DISCUSSION

By Cap City

For all its great history, Springfield’s past does include some dark events we all wish hadn’t happened; the infamous 1908 race riots and the more recent “noose incidents” at C

Cap City | Thursday, November 11,2010

SLURPEE SUMMIT

By Cap City

In several stump speeches leading up to the Nov. 2 election, President Obama jokingly portrayed Republicans as obstructionists who would rather sip Slurpees than help the nation move forward, and it d

Cap City | Thursday, November 4,2010

RENEWABLES RELAY

By Cap City

As the wind pushed, Illuminati Motor Works solved Tom Weis’s problems with a 100-mile pull.Tom Weis last week stopped in Springfield with his electric assist “Rocket Trike” on his Ri

Cap City | Thursday, November 4,2010

ICE ART

By Cap City

Aaric Kendall is a regular renaissance man. His normal job is running a backhoe, but his passion is carving ice into beautiful sculptures.That passion earned the 31-year-old Argenta resident two medal

Cap City | Thursday, October 28,2010

POSITIVE PAINTING

By Cap City

Until earlier this month, when passersby looked up at the overpass on Dodge Street between Third and Fourth streets, the message they saw was quite the downer. The words “trash can” were w

Cap City | Thursday, October 28,2010

ROCKET TRIKE STOPS IN SPRINGFIELD

By Cap City

Solar panels and pedal power are all one man needs in his latest effort to change the way the U.S. gets its energy. Tom Weis, an activist and former wind energy consultant, stopped his “rocket t

Cap City | Thursday, October 21,2010

OXTOBY ACHIEVES

By Cap City

Carolyn Oxtoby has spent more than 30 years restoring and preserving historic buildings in Springfield, from the famous Lincoln-Herndon Law Office to the former Masonic Temple she helped turn into the

Cap City | Thursday, October 21,2010

BIG BUCKS

By Cap City

Want a piece – a BIG piece – of the John Deere company’s history? Now’s your chance. An eight-foot long, eight-foot tall buck sculpture commissioned by John Deere’s son i

Cap City | Thursday, October 14,2010

DIABOLICAL DIARY

By Cap City

Nary a soul can look back at their days of youth without at least a little embarrassment. Those of us who sported the grade-school bowl cut hairdo (with optional rattail) know humiliation as well as t