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News | Wednesday, November 5,2008
{after 1st article on article listing} ‘Diversity is who I am’
Physician/pastor takes message of unity to Urban League banquet
Wesley Robinson-McNeese was taught as a young child to
disregard boundaries.
He grew up as a member of an East St. Louis church,
the same church that later introduced him to a world outsid
Performing Art | Wednesday, November 5,2008
Paint it Red: History made real, brutally honest
David Logan recalls the words of E.L. Rogers, the
editor of Springfield's black newspaper, The Forum, in 1908:
"He said, 'You can either make history, or
you can paint it red.' Make it or
News | Wednesday, October 29,2008
County board cutback: Is ‘Fewer and
Opponents contend downsizing would cut representation, without much savings
Just as U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) promises
reform on Capitol Hill if he's elected, five Democratic challengers
running for the Sangamon County Board promote revolution here
Feature | Wednesday, October 22,2008
Mean Streets of Springfield
PORA offers prostitutes an alternative
News | Wednesday, October 8,2008
Oral histories head for the Internet
Springfield African-Americans recall bad times and happy days
The Springfield African American History Foundation
(SAAHF) has deposited the memories of 56 local African-Americans into a
special collection at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library sin
News | Wednesday, October 1,2008
The pros and cons of Con-Con
Convention would be good for Springfield’s economy,
Bob Gray, president of the Citizens Club, steps to
the podium in a third-floor room of the Hoogland Center for the Arts.
In 1970, he reminds the members, legislators drafted
a new state co
News | Wednesday, October 1,2008
Summit addresses predatory lending
Dawn Dannenbring, a staff organizer with the Central
Illinois Organizing Project, a faith-based community organization that
promotes social justice issues, has watched as the number of home
News | Wednesday, September 24,2008
Nehemiah plans more new homes
City aids housing effort with
The City of Springfield and an east-side affordable
housing organization will again partner to construct new homes for
low-to-moderate income residents. On Oct. 6, the public affairs and saf
News | Thursday, September 18,2008
Jury finds Seidler a “sexually violent person”
He’ll stay behind bars and get treatment
In November 1983, Kenneth Seidler of Springfield
broke into the home of a 48-year-old woman and raped her in front of her
two young daughters. He was convicted of rape by a Sangamon County j
Feature | Wednesday, September 17,2008
Citizens in action
Springfield club brings discussion to democracy
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