News | Thursday, June 23,2005

Tearing down the house

The Springfield Historic Sites Commission is calling on the Illinois Audubon Society to save the Adams House, a move that boosts efforts by local activists to preserve the

News | Thursday, March 24,2005

The neighbors next door

By Linda Hughes

Work is under way on the reconstruction of two long-gone residences in the Lincoln Home neighborhood, a project that caps Richard Lusardi’s tenure as superintendent

News | Thursday, February 24,2005

Getting organized

By Linda Hughes

Leaders of area small towns are bracing for a flurry of union activity because of a new law that makes it easier for government workers to organize. Signed last month by G

Feature | Thursday, May 13,2004

Nun sense

Put a few Dominican sisters on a Springfield-area farm and add some llamas, and you’ve got a whole new way of viewing Mother Nature

By Linda Hughes

Just a few miles west of Springfield, on a farm graced with rolling hills and a creek, Sister Sharon Zayac is working hard on relationships. She's getting to know the ways of vegetables. She's m

News | Thursday, February 26,2004

Speaking for the trees

By Linda Hughes

Environmentalists worry that a portion of a rare red-pine forest near Interstate 55, south of Springfield, will be removed to make way for a new water treatment plant. They've gathered thousand