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News | Wednesday, April 9,2008

Jobs on the line

Trade dispute with Chinese company imperils area manufacturer

By Amanda Robert
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
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News | Wednesday, April 9,2008

Game boys

Local Xbox champs to defend title in Big Apple

By Amanda Robert
Untitled Document Like many little boys, Christopher Peper was scolded for playing too many video games. “I just remember my mother telling me, ‘Pu
News | Wednesday, April 2,2008

Chemical reaction

Study of unborn babies prompts call for tougher environmental laws

By Amanda Robert
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
News | Wednesday, March 26,2008

Eyes on the prize

Five local guys are designing and building the car of the future in a field near you

By Amanda Robert
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
News | Wednesday, March 19,2008

Sheltered from the storm?

Springfield home prices appear stable despite national downturn

By Amanda Robert
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
News | Wednesday, March 12,2008

Abe the scrapper

Triathlon promoter claims Lincoln as the nation’s first multisport athlete

By Amanda Robert
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
News | Wednesday, March 12,2008

Word up

County Board member isn’t just another fast-talking politician

By Amanda Robert
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
News | Wednesday, March 5,2008

Decision time

Engineering study has city taking a hard look at Hunter Lake proposal

By Amanda Robert
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
Feature | Wednesday, February 27,2008

Gimme shelter

Ruth Capler isnt stuck in a cramped and crummy rental anymore. Too bad hundreds of other poor folks in Springfield cant say the same thing.

By Amanda Robert
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
News | Wednesday, February 27,2008

Spared

Lincoln Library escapes chopping block, looks to future

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