Uniquely Springfield

Downtown offers a respite from cookie-cutter world

By Amy Spies Karhliker

Untitled Document A couple of years ago I went to Washington, D.C., for a short vacation. Actually, I wasn’t in the District proper; I was in some burb less than five miles

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Books | Wednesday, November 29,2006

The write stuff

Local woman wins national fiction, poetry competitions

By Amy Spies Karhliker

Carol Manley is one of the best writers in Illinois today, but you can’t buy a book with her name on the cover — yet. She is a contributing editor to the “People’s Poetry&rdquo

Earth Talk | Wednesday, October 11,2006

Unkindest Cut

Industrial processors have trimmed the ranks of grocery store butchers - and changed how we define "fresh" meat

By Amy Spies Karhliker

Unkindest Cut Two passions started me on an exploration: A couple of years ago I received my great-grandmother’s diaries, which date from 1928 to 1971. I read them and learned about . . . wel