This time, things are different, says Springfield public works director Mark Mahoney.It doesn’t take many brain cells to figure out that the city’s method for collecting trash is, politely
Conditions at Vienna Correctional Center are something out of a Dickens novel, judging by a stomach-churning lawsuit filed earlier this month by inmates who say they live with filth, vermin and a pauc
In what is fast shaping up as Springfield’s version of The War Of The Roses, the divorce case of Jeffrey Parsons heated up last week during a hearing that entangled Todd Green, a local car deale
On the stand, Tremayne Willis sounded exactly like the former soldier that he is.Answers were short, lots of “Yes, sirs” and “No, sirs” as Willis, charged with first-degree mur
For years, Springfield politicians have talked the talk: We need more minorities in the police and fire departments. The numbers are undeniably dismal. More than 96 percent of firefighters are wh
Prospects for paychecks drew hundreds of people to a Land of Lincoln Goodwill job fair last week.The charity is hiring in a big way. Within the first five hours, 42 of more than 250 applicants had rec
The village of Jerome is broke and may no longer be able to afford cops.Mayor Harry Stirmell last week told the board of trustees that the village for the past two years has spent more than it has tak
Former Jerome police officer Steven Stirmell has been charged with official misconduct and obstruction of justice for allegedly filing at least one false report.
Court Conn sounds relaxed.He’s sitting at Three Kings, a St. Louis pub, talking via cell phone, as if he had nary a care in the world. It is a Tuesday afternoon. The sun is out. He is, he says,
Sangamon County board member Tim Moore is a Republican who favors government regulation, at least when it comes to honeybees inside Springfield city limits.“The current ordinance is very vague a