News | Wednesday, July 23,2008

Fit for duty?

Deputy accused of manhandling motorist subject of numerous complaints

Untitled Document John Gillette, the Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy alleged to have manhandled a motorist who was having a kidney-stone attack, has apparently been the su

News | Wednesday, July 23,2008

Sweet feat

ISU scientists identify process to make pig waste less noxious

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Scientists at Illinois State University in Normal have developed a method for processing massive quantities of hog excrement that removes so much of the nasty odor a

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, July 16,2008

First domino to fall

Governor’s cuts to drug-treatment programs will have wide-reaching effects

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Because she doesn’t want her name used, I’m going to call her Sue. For more than 10 years Sue has worked for a drug-abuse and mental-illness treatme

News | Wednesday, July 16,2008

Glimmer of hope

Appeals court orders a hearing in the 1996 Karyn Slover murder case

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document To the average motorist, the difference between clear car windows and slightly tinted windows is hardly worth noticing. To Mike and Jeanette Slover and their son, Mi

Feature | Friday, July 11,2008

How the SAAP began

Expansion of rights for criminal defendants prompted Illinois prosecutors to seek parity

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document In the 1960s, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a series of decisions that provided indigent defendants the means to appeal. In Illinois, the financial responsibili

Feature | Wednesday, July 9,2008

Something special

A look at the unusual way Illinois prosecutes people with connections — and the Springfield attorney whose job it is to treat them just like you

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document A Sangamon County public official gets caught in a cocaine scandal. The state’s attorney can’t handle such a high-profile case hims

News | Wednesday, July 2,2008

Same song, second verse

Illinois Symphony Chorus sings requiem for yet another departed conductor

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document For the second time in three years, the volunteer vocalists of the Illinois Symphony Chorus have lost their leader to an unhappy departure. Richard Robert Rossi

News | Wednesday, July 2,2008

Jacked

Troubles at Phoenix Center and Chatham business have something in common

By Dusty Rhodes

Jack Bishop, the former executive director of the Phoenix Center who left the AIDS service organization under a cloud of controversy, has again been accused of financial mismanagement. The

News | Wednesday, July 2,2008

Same song, second verse

Illinois Symphony Chorus sings requiem for yet another departed conductor

By Dusty Rhodes

For the second time in three years, the volunteer vocalists of the Illinois Symphony Chorus have lost their leader to an unhappy departure. Richard Robert Rossi, who joined the ISO in August

News | Wednesday, June 25,2008

Taking shape

Volunteers pitch in for Habitat’s biggest-ever local project

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document At last week’s kickoff ceremony for the construction of Habitat for Humanity’s largest-ever project in Sangamon County, the presiding c