Untitled Document Two hundred workers could soon lose their jobs if Precision Products, a leading manufacturer of lawn and garden equipment and the largest employer in Lincoln, i

Untitled Document Like many little boys, Christopher Peper was scolded for playing too many video games. “I just remember my mother telling me, ‘Pu

Untitled Document Unborn babies face a greater threat from pollution than once thought, says a new study by the Environmental Working Group, a leading nonprofit public-health-adv

Scribbled in blue and yellow chalk on the cinderblock wall of a garage plunked in the middle of a Divernon cornfield, these nine words remind Illuminati Motor Works — a team of local engineers, automotive technicians, and car enthusiasts — what’s at stake. “Somebody has to do something, that somebody is us.” Scribbled in blue and yellow chalk on the cinderblock wall of a garage plunk

Untitled Document Rick Hanselman knows his way around the Springfield housing market. Lately the president of The Real Estate Group, a local residential and commercial rea

Untitled Document Everyone knows Abraham Lincoln as the inspiring orator, the war hero, the Great Emancipator, but now a local sports group is billing the 6-foot-4-i

Untitled Document Craig Hall is instantly likable. It’s not just his easy smile or his larger-than-life personality. It’s his ability to live every day with a

Untitled Document After years of debate, the city of Springfield may be close to making a decision on whether to proceed with the construction of Hunter Lake. The controve

Untitled Document Ruth Capler never imagined that she would own a home. The soft-spoken, stalwart mother raised all six of her kids in rental apartments across

Untitled Document During a special meeting of the Springfield City Council last week, aldermen slashed the city’s fiscal year 2009 budget — five firefight