Untitled Document Springfield spiritual leaders said Tuesday that they plan to focus on progress as the city prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of the notorious August 1908 race riot. Two organizations, the Ministerial Alliance and Praying for Revival All Year, are calling 2008 “The Year of Reconciliation” and will host a series of eight […]
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A closer look
Untitled Document Plans for a new east-side development project stalled Monday because aldermen still have not sorted out contractual issues involving an unrelated but similar development project. The City Council met during a special afternoon session to approve the final plat and site-development plan of Timberlake Estates, Abundant Faith Christian Center’s new assisted-living development. Instead, […]
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A new outlook
Untitled Document In a give-and-take world, Shana Stine knows only how to give. The University of Illinois-Springfield junior has volunteered more than 300 hours of her time to local organizations like Big Brothers, Big Sisters and spent last year’s winter break building a new home for a deserving family in Mexico — but, she says, […]
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Calm before the storm
Untitled Document For now the Springfield forecast is bright and sunny, but there may be dark clouds looming ahead. In a special session held on Monday, Mayor Tim Davlin told aldermen that the fiscal year 2009 budget will closely resemble the current year’s $97.6 million budget, plus an additional $3.1 million in salaries and health […]
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Sam again
Untitled Document Ward 5 Ald. Sam Cahnman is at it again. Just two weeks after the City Council approved his ordinance calling for City Water, Light & Power bills to be rounded up to help the homeless, Cahnman introduced a measure last week to help another Springfield sector — residents of mobile-home parks. Cahnman’s new […]
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Klutzo’s last act
Alleged pedophile A. Paul Carlock, the subject of an Illinois Times article last week, died Friday at St. John’s Hospital after a struggle with Sangamon County jailers. Tony Sacco, chief deputy in the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office, says that at 7:30 a.m. officers attempted to transport Carlock to the hospital because he had been behaving […]
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Feeding the hungry
Untitled Document Michele Tucker, executive director of Kumler Neighborhood Ministries, says she doesn’t want to see families go without on Thanksgiving. That’s why her organization and others around Springfield are kicking their efforts into overdrive this week to ensure that families are well equipped and well fed during the holidays. Tucker […]
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On the cheap
After years of reporting the daily ins and outs of such cities as Rockford, Ill.; Mobile, Ala.; and Kansas City, Mo., former WICS (Channel 20) reporter/anchor Mark Thoma says, he cracked in Cleveland. One night, just like any other on the job, Thoma received word that a house was burning out of control in a […]
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Award winners
Untitled Document For the past 37 years, Diana Braun and Kathy Conour have been inseparable. Braun, who has Down syndrome, and Conour, who has cerebral palsy, decided more than three decades ago that they were not meant for an institution. Instead, the pair built a house in Springfield, moved in together, and have been fighting […]
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Klutzo’s resume
Paul Carlock is something of a renaissance man. The alleged pedophile has worked as a corrections officer, a minister, a police officer, a state employee, and a clown, and two years ago he even tried his hand at reporting for Illinois Times. Carlock, referring to himself a freelance writer and photographer, submitted a full résumé […]
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Refuge
Untitled Document Rich Bradley, news director of WUIS (91.9 FM), fulfilled a lifelong dream when he built Springfield’s only public radio station from the ground up in 1975. Not only was he given free rein to develop a broadcast model focused primarily on news and cultural programming, but he was also relieved to leave his […]
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Loose change
Untitled Document When Brenda Johnson began working with the homeless, she didn’t know that creativity was part of the job description. But after two years as executive director of Springfield’s Helping Hands homeless shelter, she learned quickly that funding increases don’t exactly follow utility, minimum-wage, or cost-of-living increases. “It’s a problem,” Johnson says. “When you […]
