A bill to preserve internet privacy has been introduced in the General Assembly. Known as the Right to Know Act, the legislation would require that internet service providers who retrieve personal data of individual customers through the internet must inform those customers that the service providers are collecting their information. Violators would be subject to […]
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Waging war on gender wage gap
A bill introduced by Rep. Anna Moller, D-Elgin, would require that employees cannot be paid less than what their coworkers make due to their gender. The measure may be beneficial for Illinois financially in the long run. According to an April 2016 study by the McKinsey Global Institute, Illinois can add $60 billion to its […]
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Protesters demand funding for adult ed
Protesters from across the state gathered at the Capitol in Springfield March 29 to demand that lawmakers end the budget crisis and fund adult education. The event was organized by the Illinois Adult and Continuing Educators Association (IACEA). The IACEA promotes the education of adults by helping them achieve high school equivalency, improve their literacy […]
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Cubs and Cards face off at ALPLM
For generations, fans of the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals have drawn battle lines throughout central and southern Illinois. Thanks to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM), fans of both teams have the chance to proclaim their allegiances. The “Cubs vs. Cardinals: The Rivalry” exhibit opened at the ALPLM March 24. Pictures […]
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Pot of gold
In a desperate push to fix the state’s budget woes, some legislators want to legalize marijuana as one way out of the fiscal mess. Joint bills introduced in the House and Senate in January proposed that adults over the age of 21 can buy up to 28 grams of marijuana for $50 an ounce. The […]
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Bill makes it easier to expunge juvenile records
Legislation introduced in the House and Senate recommends programs to erase juvenile records and tougher discretion in obtaining those records. The legislation, known as the Youth Opportunity and Fairness Act, was recently introduced by Sen. Michael Hastings, D-Frankfort, and Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Buffalo Grove. The Fairness Act would automatically eradicate records of juvenile arrests in […]
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Lovelace found not guilty
After two hours and 20 minutes of deliberating, a jury found Curtis Lovelace not guilty in the murder of his wife, Cory. In an emotional mix of jubilation and sorrow, the verdict was the final destination to an odyssey that began 11 years ago. On Feb. 14, 2006, the body of Cory was discovered in […]
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Lovelace takes the stand in his own defense
The second the defense called Curtis Lovelace to take the stand, chatter emanated from a courtroom gallery that has been all but silent throughout this murder trial. Walking a thin line between vindication and conviction, Lovelace testified about his relationship with his first wife, Cory, her death and the investigation that lead to his […]
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Lovelace murder trial heats up
As a former Adams County assistant state’s attorney and center for the University of Illinois football team, Curtis Lovelace is accustomed to playing offense. Now, he’s playing defense as prosecutors attempt to convict Lovelace of murder in the 2006 death of his wife, who was found dead in bed on Valentine’s Day. It’s proven a […]
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Museum preserves memory of Civil War veterans
A museum in Springfield curated by direct descendants of Civil War veterans strives to honor their ancestors’ memory. Located at 503 South Walnut Street, the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (DUVCW) Museum allows visitors to study the lives of soldiers who fought in the Civil War. Artifacts in the museum come from […]
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Doctor shopping?
After failing to persuade Dr. Jessica Bowman to establish a cause of death for Cory Lovelace, Quincy police detective Adam Gibson went searching for other pathologists. He found several. Dr. Jane Turner was the third pathologist to testify in the murder trial of Curtis Lovelace, who stands accused of suffocating his wife Cory, who was […]
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Ex-wife testifies in murder trial
The ex-wife of a former Adams County prosecutor charged with murdering his wife in 2006 testified Monday that the defendant was physically abusive and suggested strongly that he was a killer. “I don’t want to hurt him, I just want people to know who he really is,” Erika Gomez-Steinkamp testified Monday. Curtis Lovelace, a former […]
