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It’s said that the first miracle Jesus Christ ever performed was turning water into wine, so it’s fitting that St. Joseph School and Parish in Springfield is hosting a fundraiser centered around the ancient grape beverage. The event is being hosted by It’s All About Wine, a specialty wine shop in Springfield that frequently hosts […]

The baseball season ended with a loss for the Springfield Sliders but not before they claimed the regular season championship title for the Prospect League’s Western Division. To celebrate, and to thank sponsors and raise money for next year, the team will host a golf outing on Monday, Aug. 30, at Lincoln Greens. The four-person […]

About 60 kids aged 4 to 12 years old celebrated the simplest of ideas – peace – after spending several days last week learning how to preserve it. “We talk about positive conflict resolution, the environment, foreign languages and how to communicate with other people,” says Katie Mae Gonko, one of the organizers of the […]

Central Illinois has a lot of great nonprofit groups that help the poor and the vulnerable of all ages. They do great work and meet a lot of important needs, but sometimes their presence on the Internet leaves something to be desired. Websites that seem to have been designed when the Internet was still a […]

A good beer is always a welcome treat, and the right beer can really set off a meal. This Sunday at Sebastian’s Hideout restaurant in Springfield, beer is the main ingredient on the menu. The restaurant is hosting a special five-course dinner, with a tasty brew chosen specially to accompany each dish. The dinner starts […]

Springfield resident Blair Dial has made a monster pizza that just might win her a monster prize. Dial is a one of three finalists in the Papa John’s Pizza Challenge, a contest to create the best pizza, and his “Big Bonanza” pizza is on sale right now at Papa John’s shops nationwide. The Big Bonanza […]

Whether small enough to fit on your finger or large enough to engulf your whole body, puppets can be hilarious or tragic, entertaining or terrifying. From the strings of the marionette to the unseen hand inside the ventriloquist dummy, a good puppeteer can make a puppet come to life and reveal truths that are not […]

The Illinois Humane Society is putting on a microchip clinic and dog wash on Saturday, July 24. The clinic will take place at Car Wash City at 3316 Robbins Road from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the cost is $20. The wash costs $12 for large dogs, $10 for medium dogs and $8 for […]

Here’s a riddle: What is red and always in high demand?  The answer could be a lot of things, but the most important answer is blood. The American Red Cross estimates that only 3 out of every 100 Americans give blood, yet more than 38,000 pints of blood are used to save lives every day. […]

It’s not pretty, but it works, says Jeremy Thomas about a spray-painted, plywood sign pointing customers toward Norb Andy’s Tabarin. About seven months after Thomas and his business partner opened the pub last October, crews demolished Capitol Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets, where Norb Andy’s sits. Thomas says that before construction began business was […]

Third party and independent political candidates for statewide office have it tough in Illinois. They have to gather 25,000 signatures just to get on the ballot – five times more than their established party counterparts – and their signature petitions are usually challenged by the established parties to knock them off the ballot. To “establish” […]