News | Thursday, November 15,2012

A straight flush

GOP sweeps county races, as usual

What does it take for a Democrat to win countywide office in Sangamon County?Pretty much a miracle, unless your last name is Langfelder and you are running unopposed.On paper, at least, things this ye

News | Thursday, November 8,2012

Case dismissed

By Bruce Rushton

Charges against a physician accused of fraud and conspiracy have been dismissed after federal prosecutors admitted that an FBI agent violated the accused’s constitutional rights by gaining unfet

Cap City | Thursday, November 8,2012

WATER-GATE ENDS AT SHG

By Bruce Rushton

Upon further review, Sacred Heart-Griffin High School administrators have apparently decided not to demand prosecution of nine former students who placed thousands of paper cups filled with water on t

News | Thursday, November 8,2012

Star Bucks

Bambi thrives in Illinois

By Bruce Rushton

Driving his pickup up a gravel road toward a built-in-a-weekend cabin on a 160-acre piece of land he calls a farm, Jack Robertson spots a pair of does munching on wheat that, along with oats and clove

News | Thursday, November 1,2012

All gone

Parsons says he’s broke

By Bruce Rushton

Jeffrey Parsons and his company, THR and Associates, owe more than $467.2 million to consumers, tax collectors, media outlets and various other entities from coast to coast, according to recently file

News | Thursday, November 1,2012

Jail doctor in good standing despite deaths

By Bruce Rushton

What’s a leg worth?Ten thousand dollars, at least in the eyes of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which in August fined Dr. Stephen Austin Cullinan of Peoria tha

News | Thursday, October 18,2012

Look for the union label

SJ-R organizes after empty promises

By Bruce Rushton

The mood was upbeat last Friday at Floyd’s Thirst Parlor as State Journal-Register journalists gathered to celebrate the newsroom’s new status as a union shop.The 26-4 vote earlier that da

News | Thursday, October 18,2012

We’re ‘bars,’ clubs say, but gaming board says no

By Bruce Rushton

When is a bar not a bar?When the watering hole in question is located within a social club. That, at least, is how the Illinois Gaming Board, which is sitting on gambling applications from clubs throu

Sports | Thursday, October 11,2012

Scrumming in Springfield

The Celts are looking for a few good men

By Bruce Rushton

It is easy to imagine the Springfield Celts as third-graders.These are the guys who loved dodgeball, the ones who laughed and screamed “Whoa!” when balls found their mark in particularly v

News | Thursday, October 11,2012

Coming clean

Jerome reveals investigation

By Bruce Rushton

Under pressure from Illinois Times, the Village of Jerome has acknowledged that it is under federal investigation for suspected misappropriation of funds and has signaled that it will release records