Summerguide xxx | Wednesday, May 21,2008

Test your limits

Find out how far and how fast you can go in area’s competitive runs and walks

Untitled Document If anyone marks the end of winter’s chill and spring’s fickleness with glee, it’s the capital city’s walkers and runners. They stream ou

News | Wednesday, May 14,2008

Tip of the iceberg?

Lobbyist quits popular skate club in election-related protest

By Amanda Robert

Untitled Document Less than a year ago, Lisa Steelman — the mother of a skater and a lobbyist for Novartis Pharmaceuticals — worked her magic and, despite drastic sta

News | Wednesday, May 14,2008

Fee fie, ho-hum

Lake Area ticks off alderman with so-called administrative fee

By Amanda Robert

Untitled Document Ward 6 Ald. Mark Mahoney was just like every other Lake Area Disposal customer when, on April 30, he opened a letter saying that he would be slapped with a $20

Feature | Wednesday, May 7,2008

Killing time?

A recent US Supreme Court case restarts the debate about the death penalty in Illinois

By Amanda Robert

Two Kentucky death-row inmates — one convicted of killing a sheriff and a deputy sheriff, the other convicted of killing a couple and woundin

Feature | Wednesday, May 7,2008

Murderers' Row

Fifteen men face the death penalty in Illinois.

By Amanda Robert

Untitled Document Rodney Adkins Adkins, 44, was sentenced by a Cook County judge in August 2007 for the 2003 killing of an Oak Park woman during a burglary.

News | Wednesday, April 30,2008

California dreamer

Traveler finds the grass is greener in the Golden State

By Amanda Robert

Untitled Document One man’s medicine is another man’s . . . felony charge? Guy Lewis Shively, a 19-year-old California native, learned that lesson the hard way

News | Wednesday, April 30,2008

What’s a Creole?

New Orleans scholar to expose UIS to unusual music, culture

By Amanda Robert

Untitled Document Dr. Sybil Kein was devastated after Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans. The storm destroyed not only her home, her car, and her 5,000-plus book

News | Wednesday, April 23,2008

A drop in the bucket

Despite rate increase, CWLP water still a bargain

By Amanda Robert

Untitled Document City Water, Light & Power finance director Craig Burns has turned educating people about water into his own personal mission. Residents l

News | Wednesday, April 16,2008

The next goal

Jr. Blues beat top-ranked team, earn trip to the second round of playoffs

By Amanda Robert

Untitled Document For Jr. Blues head coach Chris Wyler, the past few weeks have been a dream come true. At the end of March his players fought their way into the fourth-pl

News | Wednesday, April 16,2008

Where the wild things are

Effort to clamp down on all-ages clubs falls short

By Amanda Robert

Untitled Document Jeff Boston may be young, but he’s been around the music business long enough to know that most acts enjoy performing for an all-ages crowd. Boston