Scott Reeder

The city of Springfield is hosting a program Oct. 7 designed to target 55 neighborhood blocks deemed to be in need of extra attention from municipal departments. The targeted area was identified using police data on where gunfire is most often detected and public works information on areas receiving the most complaints for problems such […]

Memorial Health will no longer provide financial or in-kind support to crisis pregnancy centers, which counsel against abortions, Illinois Times has learned. The health system, which operates hospitals in Springfield, Lincoln, Taylorville, Decatur and Jacksonville, made this decision after the organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion team found that crisis pregnancy centers can “exacerbate health inequities […]

Last month, Chase Ealey, the 29-year-old daughter of a Riverton truck driver, won the world shot putting championship in Budapest, Hungary, and earlier this month set the U.S. record in Oregon. The win in Budapest marked the second year in a row that the Springfield native snagged the world championship – the only times an […]

This month, priests began taking attendance to make sure parents of students enrolled in Springfield’s Catholic schools are attending worship services – and the families who aren’t regularly attending could lose tuition breaks worth thousands of dollars. Perhaps not surprisingly, attendance at Catholic Masses has soared since the new policy went into effect. “We’ve noticed […]

A rash of motorcycle accident fatalities this summer has left area bikers calling for greater vigilance from other motorists as well as better training in their own ranks. According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, four people on motorcycles have been killed in Sangamon County so far this year. In 2022, no local motorcycle deaths […]

Sen. Dick Durbin says he’s working to undo an injustice that he believes he and others helped create more than 30 years ago. During the height of President Ronald Reagan’s War on Drugs, Durbin and other members of Congress voted to increase the penalty for possession of crack cocaine far beyond that of its base […]

A state-of-the-art intercollegiate sports facility opens Sept. 6 at University of Illinois Springfield, but don’t expect to see any of the competitors run, jump or throw. They’ll spend their time sitting, staring and clicking. Videogaming, or esports, has become the latest team activity on the college campus. “Esports is a rapidly growing sport that is […]

Using a blend of state, private and local tax dollars, Springfield Park District is undergoing an aggressive program to upgrade its 34 parks, Leslie Sgro told Illinois Times. Sgro, who has been president of the Park District Board for 32 years, said several factors have resulted in the district becoming more aggressive in improving its […]