Cap City | Thursday, November 8,2012

PAY UP

The federal government is demanding more than $61,000 from the Village of Jerome, the village treasurer has resigned and more trouble could be coming.In an Oct. 25 letter to village officials, an admi

Cap City | Thursday, November 8,2012

WATER-GATE ENDS AT SHG

By Bruce Rushton

Upon further review, Sacred Heart-Griffin High School administrators have apparently decided not to demand prosecution of nine former students who placed thousands of paper cups filled with water on t

Cap City | Thursday, November 1,2012

A PRANK AND A CRANK

By Cap City

Sangamon County prosecutors are mulling whether to file charges against nine former Sacred Heart-Griffin students who filled hundreds of paper cups with water and placed them on the floor of a school

Cap City | Thursday, November 1,2012

METER MADNESS

By Cap City

Two City Water, Light and Power retirees have reimbursed the city more than $12,000 for power bills going back as far as a decade.The retirees had been paying half what they should have for electricit

Cap City | Thursday, October 18,2012

SLOW RIDE

By Cap City

Call it Mosey On The Joliet Express.We here at Illinois Times would love to accompany Gov. Pat Quinn, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin on a demonstration of an

Cap City | Thursday, October 18,2012

FINGERPRINT YOUR KIDS

By Cap City

Mark Bott of Springfield wants to give parents something he hopes they’ll never need. Bott is the founder of Operation Kidsafe, an international program that photographs and fingerprints childre

Cap City | Thursday, October 11,2012

SAVING AFTER-SCHOOL

By Cap City

After a missed grant deadline raised the possibility that several schools in Springfield wouldn’t be able to host a popular after-school program, the Springfield-based Family Service Center step

Cap City | Thursday, October 11,2012

LINCOLN DOWN UNDER

By Cap City

Abraham Lincoln’s signature has shown up again in Australia, recalling a tale of piracy and what were likely the last shots of the Civil War. The news that the war was over had not reached Down

Cap City | Thursday, September 27,2012

ENOS EFFORTS

By Cap City

The revitalization work continues in Springfield’s Enos Park neighborhood, as volunteers begin the process of turning a handful of old houses into new homes. On Sept. 22, 33 students from Lanphi

Cap City | Thursday, September 27,2012

WE’RE IN THE MONEY

By Cap City

What do First Lady Michelle Obama, former Gov. George Ryan, the late Tim Davlin, basketball legend Michael Jordan and Illinois Times staff members have in common?All have money waiting for them at the