News | Wednesday, January 9,2008

Bookworms

Historians criticize plan to scatter Illinois-history collection

Untitled Document If you’ve ever gone to the library in search of a certain book, only to stumble upon an even better one on the next shelf, then you will understand the ba

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, January 9,2008

O-bomb-a

Don’t let the facts get in the way of a stupid Internet rumor

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document This is the stupidest column I’ve ever written. I just wanted to tell you that up front. And yeah, I know, my last column was about my dog — pretty

News | Wednesday, December 26,2007

Time for a sergeant

With a little help from his friends

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document In June, Springfield Police Sgt. Al Jones went from being president of the patrol officers’ union to being expelled from its membership. As painful as tha

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, December 26,2007

My best buddy

Gaining perspective with the help of a new friend

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Like turkey and mistletoe and eggnog and fruitcake, there’s a tradition in the journalism business of wrapping up each year with a look back at the storie

News | Wednesday, December 19,2007

Legal eagles

Milhiser to succeed Weinhoeft at state’s attorney’s office

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document That whooshing sound you hear from the corner of Ninth and Monroe isn’t wind; it’s a sigh of relief running through the Sangamon County Courthouse o

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, December 12,2007

With malice toward none

Keith Harris looks back at his years of incarceration without bitterness

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document In his family, Keith Harris is known as the favorite uncle who will take a few of the nieces and nephews for the day, go to the nursing home and hang out with t

News | Tuesday, November 20,2007

Slowly but surely

Effort to repair grandmother’s house inches forward

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document When Illinois Times first wrote about Dorothy Milford [see “The way back home,” April 5, 2007], this widow raising six grandchildren ages 5 to

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Thursday, November 15,2007

Love and Skittles

When Evan’s birth mom came for the holidays

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Last Christmas, we had some relatives come visit. Stop the presses, right? It seemed pretty mundane to me, too, at the moment I so casually tossed out the invit

News | Wednesday, November 14,2007

Mahogany’s night

Local celebrity’s dream come true

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document It was the moment Mahogany Knight had been dreaming about and working toward for almost 20 years: She was onstage at San Antonio’s legendary Saint show cl

Feature | Thursday, November 8,2007

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Rookie cop Tara Borders was nothing like Renatta Frazier — so why did Springfield drive her away too?

By Dusty Rhodes

Like any rookie Springfield police officer, Tara Holder Borders spent her first few weeks on the streets learning to navigate unfamiliar neighborhoods, communic