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Feature | Thursday, July 23,2009
{after 1st article on article listing} Home-grown virtuoso
After beating string players twice his age, Springfield's Clayton Penrose-Whitmore moved on — to Chicago, Detroit and Carnegie Hall
T here must have been scores of kids who, like Clayton Penrose-Whitmore, found
themselves enjoying a snack in the Ethnic Village at the Illinois State Fair,
just as a group of Suzuki vio
Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Thursday, July 23,2009
Inquiring mind wants to go
Nosy writer has been inspired by place where the powerful sometimes trample the innocent
Just about seven years ago, I moved here from Texas to find out whether I could
still do journalism. I had worked for major mainstream newspapers in Dallas and
in Anchorage (yes, Alaska),
Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Thursday, July 16,2009
The plot sickens
Former SPD cop learns her mother’s Burr Oak grave was likely plundered, resold
The first time Renatta Frazier heard about massive grave robbing at an Alsip
cemetery, she didn’t give it a second thought. A tiny village on the southwestern tip of
Chica
News | Thursday, July 9,2009
No strings attached
Deal’s new contract with Illinois Symphony frees her to roam
The Illinois Symphony Orchestra has renewed its commitment to Maestra Karen
Lynne Deal, announcing a new multi-year contract with the conductor at the ISO
board of directors’ annual meeting in
Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Thursday, July 9,2009
Shades of gray
Friends of bicyclist who died in a crash are haunted by new DUI charges against motorist
Mark Jennings spent more than 20 years serving his country in the U.S. Army
Airborne. When he retired around 2002, “Sarge,” as he was known, enjoyed gardening, cooking out and
Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Thursday, July 2,2009
Teching things to extremes
A view inside opposing camps of the gizmo revolution
Two years ago, Todd Green was happy with his Blackberry. Or so he thought. Then
he went to his son’s basketball practice, where another dad hanging out in the bleachers was
showing
News | Thursday, July 2,2009
Private hell
Mentally ill Tamms inmate dies in solitary confinement
On June 8, Robert Foor filed a grievance with the Illinois Department of
Corrections seeking a transfer out of Tamms Correctional Center and into a
mental health prison, plus proper treatment and me
Feature | Thursday, June 18,2009
Tougher than Guantanamo
Illinois supermax prison with no way out
On paper, Michael Johnson fits the profile of dangerous inmate. Reputedly a
high-ranking El Rukn gang leader, he was a few months into a 35-year sentence
for kidnapping and murder when he
Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, June 10,2009
Boy wonder
Young state police director changes troops’ attitude, but not much else
It’s been less than three months since Jonathon Monken became director of the
Illinois State Police, but already he has jolted the agency. Which is sort of
what troopers were hoping he would d
Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, June 3,2009
Peace begins on Hazel Lane
Hope Institute and its neighbors are talking. There’s hope for the world.
I now believe there will be peace in the Middle East. I also believe that the Illinois legislature will
someday ratify a budget before the fiscal year ends, and Dick Cheney will
appear on
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