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News | Wednesday, November 5,2008

‘Diversity is who I am’

Physician/pastor takes message of unity to Urban League banquet

By Amanda Robert
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
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Performing Art | Wednesday, November 5,2008

Paint it Red: History made real, brutally honest

By Amanda Robert
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

By Amanda Robert
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

By Amanda Robert
News | Wednesday, October 8,2008

Oral histories head for the Internet

Springfield African-Americans recall bad times and happy days

By Amanda Robert
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,

By Amanda Robert
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

By Amanda Robert
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

By Amanda Robert
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

By Amanda Robert
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

By Amanda Robert