News | Wednesday, June 11,2008

New chapter

Homeowners’ group seeks to block Habitat build

Untitled Document Next week will mark the beginning of a new chapter in the life of Patty Redpath and her big brood of adopted children [see Dusty Rhodes, “Seventh heaven,&

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Thursday, June 5,2008

Reinforcing the blue wall of silence

Why recent court decisions involving two whistleblower cops should worry everyone

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document In 2002, this paper published a picture of Alva Busch using a blow dryer to remove decals from his work vehicle. At the time the snapshot was taken, in 2001, Bu

News | Wednesday, June 4,2008

Plan of action

Factory farm critics meet with EPA

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document The members of a group seeking improved regulation of factory farming voiced their concerns in a two-hour meeting with federal Environmental Protection Agency o

News | Wednesday, May 28,2008

Dead end

Whistleblower cops get shot down in separate federal court actions

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document The Illinois State Police and the Springfield Police Department each won a major victory in federal court within the past week, but those on the si

Feature | Wednesday, May 28,2008

Least likely to succeed

Before she could graduate from high school, Chevonne Watson had to survive the school of hard knocks

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Chevonne Watson walks from the Lawrence Adult Education Center to her rent-subsidized apartment three miles east in Poplar Place because she canR

Feature | Wednesday, May 28,2008

Empowerment, not entitlement

Center teaches parents how to take charge of their own lives

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Center teaches parents how to take charge of their own lives By DUSTY RHODES Parents who enroll in the family literacy program at

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, May 21,2008

Summer lovin’

How Nelson Center camp transformed a troubled kid into a leader

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document The first summer that Mike Dial went to camp, he spent a lot of time sitting in the administrative office. Plagued by attention-deficit disorder, hyperactivity,

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, May 7,2008

Feeding the good wolf

Teaching prisoners how to be better fathers — and better men

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document At the beginning of class, Mary Ryan goes around the room and shakes hands with her students, calling each man by name, making eye contact, offering a smile:

News | Wednesday, May 7,2008

Pig tort

Pig farm opponents mount last-ditch appeal to state Supreme Court

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document When the fight involves 3,350 hogs, their excrement, a farm couple, some “city slickers,” and two lawyers, you’ve got to expect so

News | Wednesday, May 7,2008

Room to grow

Opposition from Lincoln scholars stops library’s plan

By Dusty Rhodes

Untitled Document Lincoln scholars and the librarians who serve them are celebrating — oh so quietly! — the newly approved plans to preserve the “Lincoln Room,&