No one currently working in the Lincoln-Herndon Law Office smokes a pipe. So, what could possibly explain the aroma of pipe tobacco that employees at the historic site claim to notice from time to time? Is the aroma embedded in the walls and woodwork? Or is it the ghost of Abraham Lincoln’s long deceased law […]
Grace Sweatt
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Photography of friendship over fear
From time to time world events force people of faith to choose between bending to the will of a despotic ruler or living out the core values of their faith. Some choose the risky path of faith. In the early 1940s when European nations crumbled under the weight of economic depression and the invading armies […]
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A family’s clash of values in a time of war
Don’t let the music fool you. The stage adaptation of Shenandoah is a drama. Set in the Commonwealth of Virginia during the Civil War, the play explores the impact of the war on a family whose patriarch, Charlie Anderson, says he will protect himself and his family but is against “open season on strangers.” Anderson, […]
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Springfield author e-cstatic over e-publishing success
Over the past 13 years, Springfield author Joseph Flynn has written 12 page-turning novels, most of them thrillers. He has been called a “master of high octane plotting” by the Chicago Tribune and compared to John Grisham by the Denver Post. He has been published by Signet and Bantam. Originally from Chicago, Flynn has learned […]
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Neighbors shut out of decision on low-income apartments
Gina Whitener has a vision for her east side neighborhood. Her vision includes improved streets, sidewalks and lighting. Her vision includes enforcing city standards for property upkeep, helping current residents transition from renting to home ownership, educating children to give them more options and opportunities and creating businesses to develop wealth within the community. Whitener […]
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Delivering meals and smiles weekly, for 28 years
On Thanksgiving more than 30 years ago, Mary Link met a man who changed the way she thought about other people’s lives. Mary and her husband, Al, had finished serving hot Thanksgiving meals to the community of people who stopped by Kumler Ministries that day. Feeling that she had done her part to help others, […]
