Cap City | Wednesday, August 1,2012

GET IN LINE

A legal spat between THR & Associates and the public-television station that produces Antiques Roadshow is starting to get, well, old.WGBH, the television station based in Boston, was back in fede

Cap City | Thursday, July 26,2012

SUMMER SUSTENANCE

By Cap City

For kids, summer usually means lazy days filled with swimming, riding bikes, and staying up late. But for too many kids, summer can also mean hunger. When kids aren’t in school, they aren’

Cap City | Thursday, July 26,2012

BROWN OUT

By Cap City

In the Solving-Problems-We-Didn’t-Know-We-Had Department, federal regulators are pondering the fate of apples that won’t turn brown.You can bruise it, you can slice it, you can dice it, yo

Cap City | Thursday, July 19,2012

FASTER PHONES

By Cap City

AT&T customers in Springfield should have noticed an increase in the speed of their mobile data connections last week, as the company announced an upgrade to its capabilities in the capital city.

Cap City | Thursday, July 19,2012

HERE: KITTIES, KITTIES

By Cap City

It isn’t hard to see why the Animal Protective League is giving away cats.Walk into the reception area of the animal shelter on Taintor Road and there, atop a desk, lies Garfunkel, a tabby, snoo

Cap City | Thursday, July 5,2012

SOLAR SPRINGFIELD

By Cap City

As if biking wasn’t already green enough, Robert LaBonte of Springfield has found a way to make the world’s most popular form of wheeled transit even more Earth-friendly. LaBonte, owner of

Cap City | Thursday, July 5,2012

FINS FINISHED

By Cap City

If you’ve ever seen the BBC’s wonderful 11-part documentary titled “Earth,” you’ll no doubt recall the incredible power that great white sharks exhibit when hunting seals

Cap City | Thursday, June 28,2012

BAN THE BAG

By Cap City

Despite Joan Barenfanger’s best efforts, single-use plastic shopping bags continue to stream out of Springfield’s grocery and retail stores to the tune of an astonishing 16 million bags pe

Cap City | Thursday, June 28,2012

GREENING CLEAR LAKE

By Cap City

For a long time people have clamored for cleanup work to be done to one of Springfield’s key corridors to the downtown area – Clear Lake Avenue and the Madison-Jefferson Crossover –

Cap City | Thursday, June 21,2012

A PRESSING ISSUE

By Cap City

One year after it started printing in Peoria, the State Journal-Register is getting rid of its press.Publisher Walt Lafferty put the staff on notice more than a week ago, imposing parking restrictions