News | Thursday, April 28,2011

State grant helps vets find quality dental care

When it comes down to paying rent or caring for a tooth infection, which would you choose?Many people might say they would choose to pay the rent but Kirby Carlson, 39, of Springfield, didn’t ha

News | Thursday, April 28,2011

My night on patrol with the Springfield police

By Holly Dillemuth

It’s dark while I’m seated in the front passenger side of a Springfield Police Department squad car. I feel my voice box drop into my stomach to stay for a while as a handcuffed male suspe

News | Thursday, April 21,2011

Hundreds rally for Illinois DREAM Act to help undocumented college students

By Holly Dillemuth

An undocumented University of Illinois student was among nearly 900 from across the state who convened on the Capitol April 13 to support legislation that would give college students who are undocumen

News | Thursday, April 21,2011

Green Business Network aims to make recycling pay

By Holly Dillemuth

Small business owners in Springfield will soon be able to advertise their sustainable business practices as members of the Green Business Network of Springfield [See “Selling sustainability,&rdq

News | Thursday, April 14,2011

Despite ‘fragile’ budget, Mayor Edwards relished ‘carrying the load’ for a while

By Holly Dillemuth

Stable” but “fragile.”That’s how Springfield Mayor Frank Edwards described Springfield’s finances in the annual State of the City address at the Springfield Hilton Mon.,

News | Thursday, April 14,2011

WWII vets return from their big day

By Holly Dillemuth

Shouts and cheers exploded throughout the terminal at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, April 5, when the first veterans emerged through the doors after a day at the World War II Memorial in Washington

News | Thursday, April 14,2011

Cousteau son brings concern for oceans to Midwest

By Holly Dillemuth

Jean-Michel Cousteau was 7 years old when his father outfitted him and his 4 - year-old brother, Philippe, with an aqualung air tank, before their dad, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, threw them over the side

News | Thursday, April 7,2011

Honor Flight sends WW II vets to Washington, D.C., for a day

By Holly Dillemuth

Springfield resident Bernard Carver, 89, remembers loading ammunition, refueling four-engine B-24 bombers and flying along with pilots in the Eighth Air Force, to pick up equipment during World War II

News | Thursday, March 31,2011

Methodist distribution center in Chatham sends relief to Japan

By Holly Dillemuth

Five days a week volunteers bustle about the kitchen and heated warehouse inside the Midwest Mission Distribution Center in Chatham. Many are retired and some come from as far as North Dakota. All vol

News | Thursday, March 24,2011

Labor unions balk at bargaining bill

Statehouse rally planned for April 7 in Springfield

By Holly Dillemuth

Labor unions are continuing negotiations over legislation backed by Gov. Pat Quinn that would lift collective bargaining rights from current high-ranking state agency workers and legislative liaisons,