News | Thursday, March 10,2005

First step

Ward 7 Ald. Judy Yeager has heard the complaints for years. The southern stretch of MacArthur Boulevard, with its vacant buildings, giant parking lots, obnoxious signage, and abundance of

News | Thursday, March 10,2005

Moving forward

By Todd Spivak

Discussion continued this week between leaders of Ministerial Alliance and the Boys & Girls Club of Springfield over how to proceed with the construction of a new $4

News | Thursday, March 3,2005

A question of control

By Todd Spivak

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin gave life to plans for a new East Side community center by securing a $750,000 federal grant, but his choice of the Boys & Girls Club of Springfield

News | Thursday, March 3,2005

“Best-kept secret”

By Todd Spivak

Charles Schweighauser steered a canoe on nearly all 210 miles of the Sangamon River, from the northern source near Ellsworth to its confluence with the Illinois River at

Feature | Thursday, February 24,2005

Man with a plan

By Todd Spivak

A prominent Springfield developer has plans to level the Esquire Theatre and build an upscale outdoor shopping center that would include a café and small grocery on three

News | Thursday, February 17,2005

Heebie-jeebies

By Todd Spivak

Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin is feeling anxious. Two months remain before the dedication of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, an event expected to draw

News | Thursday, February 17,2005

Signs of the times

By Todd Spivak

Former Springfield Mayor Karen Hasara remembers the ample bosom that got people’s panties in a twist. The cleavage belonged — and still does — to Terry Harris, a North En

News | Thursday, February 10,2005

Train wreck

By Todd Spivak

The Bush administration has threatened to derail the nation’s largest passenger train corporation by eliminating all federal subsidies to Amtrak. The proposal has cre

News | Thursday, February 3,2005

Paper chase

By Todd Spivak

Lee Enterprises Inc., a once-obscure media company based in the Quad Cities, is poised to become a major force in shaping Illinois news coverage when it completes the acquisi

News | Thursday, February 3,2005

A new “front porch”

By Todd Spivak

The new $2.5 million park about to be built as part of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum complex may include not just an amphitheater for music but also a g