Profile | Thursday, August 18,2011

Ossie’s incredible journey

In a new book, Springfield’s former mayor looks back on life and the home he left behind

He’s lived in Springfield for nearly 70 years – most of it with his wife, Midge, and their 13 children in a rambling white clapboard house at the corner of Whittier and Laurel Ave.But at a

Profile | Thursday, November 4,2010

Many buildings. Many battles.

Oxtoby honored for a lifetime of historic preservation

By Julie Cellini

“What did I know about restoring old buildings when I started out? Absolutely nothing,” recalls Carolyn Oxtoby, who is often called “the patron saint of downtown Springfield” f

Profile | Thursday, October 21,2010

The cost of Bill Brady’s plan

Cutting state government ‘a dime per dollar’ would hit Springfield hard

By Patrick Yeagle

Of the estimated 400 to 500 people who showed up to a Columbus Day rally in Charleston for state senator and Republican governor hopeful Bill Brady of Bloomington, most were Republican voters angry wi

Profile | Thursday, October 7,2010

A couple’s date to remember

By Julie Cellini

“I believe in luck, fate and destiny,” says Christopher Trudeau.So when Trudeau, 27, and his bride-to-be, Joann Durbin, 24, realized that this Sunday comes up 10-10-10 on the calendar, the