News | Wednesday, December 17,2008

Hyundai asks car crew to increase fuel efficiency fast

X Prize team takes time out for eco-friendly project

Kevin Smith and the crew from Illuminati Motorworks took a detour in their quest for the Progressive Automotive X Prize (AXP), but, as Smith says, “It was an offer we couldn’t refuse."

News | Wednesday, December 17,2008

Lawsuit opens up more housing options

Developmentally disabled seek shift away from institutional care

By Amanda Robert

At first Catherine Dennis seems like any other mother. Every day the Auburn native wakes up, gets her son ready and heads to Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services in Springfield, where sh

News | Wednesday, December 10,2008

Sticking together through trouble, this family needs more help

The right volunteer could make a dream come true

By Amanda Robert

Nearly 13 years ago, Pat Dansby purchased the home across from her own on Lincoln Street in Athens. She asked her daughter, Nellieann Kotty, to move with her two young sons into th

News | Wednesday, December 3,2008

Leaders visit Indianapolis for ideas

Will this work on the east side of Springfield?

By Amanda Robert

Gail Simpson envisions a brighter future for east Springfield, complete with bustling thoroughfares, attractive mixed-income housing, and diverse residents. “There’s a lot of

News | Wednesday, December 3,2008

Mayor releases budget, uses blue-ribbon proposals

No tax increase, but CWLP will help pay the bill

By Amanda Robert

Last week Mayor Tim Davlin released his fiscal year 2010 budget, announcing that a once-anticipated hike in property or sales taxes is not needed to buoy the city’s projected $12.6 million sho

News | Tuesday, November 25,2008

Net games

Attorney General partners with craigslist to clean up online erotica

By Amanda Robert

In Springfield, a city that hasn’t exactly embraced craigslist, an online classifieds community, there were 54 “women4men” postings in the erotic services section earlier

News | Tuesday, November 25,2008

Final exam

Will Hunter Lake win approval from residents, authorities?

By Amanda Robert

In February 2001, Donald Hanrahan and 18 other Springfield-area residents protested Hunter Lake at a hearing held by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Nearly eight years later, they’r

News | Thursday, November 20,2008

Hitting the streets

New subcommittee aims to handle ignored infrastructure

By Amanda Robert

As administration after administration ignores the city’s fractured streets and crumbling sidewalks, aldermen are finally stepping in to face and fix years of neglected infrastructure needs.

News | Wednesday, November 12,2008

Supreme Court begins review of caps on malpractice awards

Victims’ advocates say caps, overturned twice before, are still unfair

By Amanda Robert

Untitled Document On Oct. 31, 2005, Abigaile LeBron was delivered via cesarean section at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park. She was born with cerebral palsy and severe brain damage.

Feature | Wednesday, November 5,2008

Ice dreams

They’re off to a slow start, but the season is young. The Jr. Blues plan for a comeback.

By Amanda Robert

A hockey coach with a little less optimism might see the return of only two veteran players as a season-staller, but not Chris Wyler. In fact, the Springfield Jr. Blues head coach welco