Jeffrey Parsons, owner of a failed business empire built on buying and reselling gold and silver, has dodged a stint in jail for defying a court order to declare bankruptcy and disclose, under oath, h
It barely snowed last winter. It barely rained this summer. And who knows what fall will bring?Flexibility is key when it comes to autumn in central Illinois. The perfect picnic plan could be scuttled
Newsroom employees at the State Journal-Register are asking for union representation.The United Media Guild last week submitted petitions signed by employees to the National Labor Relations Board, whi
After more than a year of pushing state lawmakers, the family of Steven Watkins and their supporters have a law that allows judges to revoke driver’s licenses of custodial parents who refuse to
The Sangamon County sheriff’s office plans to end adriving-under-the influence program that pays the salaryand ancillary costs for an officer assigned full-time to DUIenforcement.“We won&r
A little more than a year after the start of a housing inspection blitz, nearly all of the MacArthur Park apartment complex in Springfield has been inspected.City officials acknowledge some progress a
THR & Associates this week closed stores in Springfield, Jacksonville and Urbana as the company heads toward bankruptcy.The troubled Springfield-based company, which has been bouncing checks and o
Former Jerome police officer Steven Stirmell kept nude photographs of himself on the police department’s computer system and also made unwelcome advances toward women, according to investigative
Quick: What are the duties of the Sangamon County auditor?If you said “keeping track of money,” you’d be right: The auditor serves as the county’s bookkeeper and monitors finan
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation into THR & Associates, the Springfield-based firm that has bounced thousands of checks across the nation at buying events set up t