Untitled Document When Tim Cunningham tended the yard of the Vachel Lindsay Home, he spotted all sorts of people. Some days the governor would jog by, security detail in tow; other times panhandlers would accost Cunningham as he mowed the lawn. Working at the Lindsay Home taught Cunningham, a student at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, a […]
Bud Bartlett
Bud Bartlett is a local writer and former broadcaster who has contributed to several area publications. His story on Springfield’s Liturgical Arts Festival appeared in Illinois Times in May 2002.
Posted inArts & Culture
Star Ledgers
A checkbook is a fairly uninteresting document, a record of expenditures that offers, at best, a narrow glimpse into its owner’s activities. But when the checkbook was the property of a friend and political appointee of Abraham Lincoln’s, the information it may yield could be of considerable value. At least that’s the thinking of Phillip […]
Posted inNews
Fade to black
In just a couple weeks, Mitch Hopper will turn off the spotlights and floodlights in the Illinois State Board of Education’s television studio, probably for the last time. A staff member since 1971, Hopper is the last professional from a TV operation that once sent programs all over the United States. “We had over a […]
Posted inNews
The great adventure
Ask Dayle Eldredge why she left Springfield for Elkhart, a tiny community 25 miles north of the capital city, and her answer is simple: “My soul needed a small town.” Eldredge, who stepped down last week as village president of Elkhart, adds, “It’s such a sweet community; I just love it.” Even sweet places have […]
Posted inNews
Enemies no longer
Just east of Springfield, the soldiers face uphill in two ranks — a small platoon. They are woefully outnumbered by their enemies, who nearly encircle them. But neither side will ever advance. The soldiers’ positions are grave markers at Camp Butler National Cemetery, on the edge of Riverton. The outflanked platoon consists of 34 stones […]
Posted inNews
Anchor away
For most of his career, Don Hickman was someone Springfield listened to and watched. Now the veteran broadcaster listens and watches — and he’s deeply troubled about the business he left behind. A longtime WICS anchor who left the small screen three years ago, Hickman is uneasy about the growing domination of a few big […]
Posted inNews
Where are the Illinois ideas?
More people with ideas are checking in at the Capitol Complex these days, but the ideas Patrick McGuckin and his associates chart are not legislative initiatives. McGuckin, director of communications at the Illinois State Library, says the library’s campaign to promote its Patent and Trademark Depository Library is generating considerable interest from area inventors. The […]
