Cap City | Thursday, October 21,2010

BIG BUCKS

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

Cap City | Thursday, October 14,2010

GEOTHERMAL GRAVE

By Cap City

Not only is it green but it’s easy on the eyes. That’s what state officials are saying about a new geothermal temperature control system planned for Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site in Oak

Cap City | Thursday, October 7,2010

HERE’S TO BREW

By Cap City

Court and Karen Conn of Springfield know business. They own and operate the Inn at 835, Conn’s Catering, and La Vita Grand Day Spa, and they may soon have a fourth business to run. The Conns are

Cap City | Thursday, October 7,2010

BULLY PREVENTION

By Cap City

Give Angela Troppa a sheet of paper and she’ll change the culture of a classroom. It’s this power of creativity that this year earned Troppa, a counselor at Fairview Elementary School, the

Cap City | Thursday, September 30,2010

TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN

By Cap City

Almost everyone knows about St. Jude Children’s Hospital, the not-for-profit research hospital that specializes in cancer and never charges children in need who don’t have insurance. Not e

Cap City | Thursday, September 30,2010

FRENCH HORN COMES HOME

By Cap City

William Lane knew from the time he was 14 that he wanted to play the French horn professionally. As a 10-year-old boy growing up in Jacksonville, Lane saw his first professional orchestra when the St.

Cap City | Thursday, September 23,2010

HUDDLE HOUSE HONORS

By Cap City

One of only three of its kind in Illinois, Williamsville’s 24-hour Huddle House earned the restaurant franchise’s top honor last month at the chain’s annual convention in Georgia.Lyn

Cap City | Thursday, September 23,2010

DRUG DROP

By Cap City

Prescription drugs are like fire: they can be useful tools if used appropriately, but they can cause terrible damage when abused. According to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, one in five teen

Cap City | Thursday, September 16,2010

LINCOLN IN TAIWAN

By Cap City

Poet, professor and presidential aficionado Dan Guillory is taking his work to China later this month. Professor emeritus of English at Millikin University in Decatur, the author and Illinois Tim