SIU cancer institute needs funds to “make it run”

Progress continues without new facility

It’s like building a car and not investing in gas to make it run, says Dr. K. Thomas Robbins of the brand-new, but still unopened home of the SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois

Boy Scouts leave United Way

Organizations dispute how to measure career program’s success

When Curtis Penfold was a sophomore at Auburn High School, he picked performing arts as his primary interest on a career interest survey — not for a class, but for the Boy Scouts’ Venturin

College loans fall as applications increase

Officials trying to find more money to finish the year

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Illinois State Fair makes $40 million for Springfield

A fair start, 156 years in the making

The Illinois State Fair began in 1853 as a salute to agriculture.The founders of the newly-created Illinois State Agricultural Society wanted to give farmers an arena to discuss and advance their prof

State hikes 'sin' tax

Increases expected to raise $119 million from beer, wine and spirits

When MacArthur Frazier, the owner of Mac’s Lounge, 1231 E. Cook St., first heard last week about the state’s new tax increase on beer, wine and hard alcohol — included as

Springfield medical leaders join national health care debate

Universal treatment, less focus on cost needed, they say

As legislators on Capitol Hill work to develop a $1 trillion national health care reform package, two leaders of the Springfield medical community identified problems with the current health care sy

Mayor changes direction, cuts library workers

City administration previously supported tax increase to boost Lincoln Library

Mandy Magill, a 29-year-old mother of two, started as a library assistant at Lincoln Library in August 2004. She was one of 15 employees recently laid off as part of Mayor Tim Davlin&rsqu

Disability rights lawsuit heads in new direction

No longer class action, advocates seek community services for nine individuals

A federal judge recently hindered efforts to allow more people with developmental disabilities to live in the community rather than in institutions. U.S. District Judge James Holde

School bars autistic child and his service dog

Superintendent:%u2008“We can’t just focus on one student.”

Small miracles have come true since Chewey moved in with the Drew family. Six-year-old Kaleb Drew has autism, a developmental disability that affects social, emotional and communica