News | Thursday, August 5,2010

Longwall mining damages land near Hillsboro

Peggy Klaus stands next to what was once a road that formed the path between farms outside of Litchfield. The retired Carlinville schoolteacher remembers the day in 1990 that the road was closed, the

News | Thursday, July 29,2010

Historic stagecoach stop to be burned down

By Jackson Adams

An old white building stands in Buffalo, about 15 miles east of Springfield, as a sign of a different time. Its stately porch and a smokehouse behind it give credence to its place as a relic of histor

News | Thursday, July 22,2010

New law requires testing all rape kits

By Jackson Adams

On July 6 Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation requiring police departments around the state to submit sexual assault kits to a lab for DNA analysis. In the past, some of these kits were not tested for m

News | Thursday, July 22,2010

The art of stuffed animals

The National Taxidermist Association comes to town

By Jackson Adams

A leopard leaps on top of a downed impala, one claw going for the throat. Its mouth is wide open, preparing for the kill. The prey can only look up in horror as it lives its final moments.This moment

News | Thursday, July 15,2010

Birth records opened, but not enough

Adoptees criticize new law for protecting anonymity of birth parents

By Jackson Adams

Michelle Edmunds knows the problems that adoptees can face gaining access to their birth certificates. She was born in Illinois and currently lives in Toronto and wanted to retrieve her birth certific

News | Thursday, July 8,2010

New laws to fight Medicaid fraud in Illinois

By Jackson Adams

On June 25, Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law legislation to encourage openness in the Medicaid program and to cut down on fraud, with a focus on allowing transparency. These efforts are in line with Pre

News | Thursday, July 1,2010

Marijuana fines going fine

By Jackson Adams

Since Springfield passed an ordinance to issue a fine for possession of less than 2.5 grams of marijuana instead of a state misdemeanor charge, 167 people have received citations. The city considers t

News | Thursday, June 24,2010

Lake Springfield stays clean despite recent runoff

By Jackson Adams

Though advisories have been issued warning of high E. coli levels in Lake Springfield, the professionals who supervise water quality at the lake don’t consider this to be much of a problem.&ldqu

IT Picks | Thursday, June 17,2010

Painters and Poets

By Jackson Adams

The Prairie Art Alliance Gallery is hosting “Painters and Poets,” a gallery display where Springfield Poets and Writers will write and read poems inspired by the paintings of the Prairie A

IT Picks | Thursday, June 17,2010

Civil War lunch break

By Jackson Adams

General Grierson Days in Jacksonville is a time for visitors to look back at one of the darkest periods in American history and see the largest mounted Civil War reenactment in the Midwest. Visitors c