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It’s too early to tell if Tyler Morrison has a political career ahead of him, but the 4-year-old son of State Rep. Thomas Morrison, a Palatine Republican, has a better chance than some career politicians with his efforts to talk to people on both sides of the aisle during the weekend legislative session, May 28. […]

The last weekend of the legislature can mean many things for members of the General Assembly, including long hours, little sleep and long debates between fellow constituents. But the end of session has also meant fried chicken for the entire Illinois House for the last 15 years, served up by State Rep. Raymond Poe, a […]

Two-mile walks, one-person graduating classes and a set of brothers who each day took turns wearing their one and only shared pair of shoes are just a few of the stories Lynnita Brown has heard since she helped host a country school reunion earlier this month in Douglas County. The stories, coming from those aged […]

A Springfield man is collecting items for the community of Joplin, Mo., a city devastated by a massive tornado on May 22. Items are needed by Thursday, May 26. “They’ve lost everything and many of the people have died,” says Cal Scheuermann. “We send money to foreign countries but we just need to help people […]

Betty Rankin looks forward to the Old Capitol Farmers Market in Springfield every year. The Springfield resident was all smiles Wednesday, May 18, as she took a taste of her purchase from one of the new vendors on Adams Street, where Ashley Glatz and Patrick Knox sell fresh omelets, fruit and mint iced tea. “This […]

Mayor Mike Houston rode to a decisive victory in the April 5 election on promises of getting the city back on track financially, and on May 18 he announced one of his first such initiatives: creating budget reserves within the city’s Corporate Fund. Think of them like savings accounts for each agency, which “will reduce […]

A plan to improve recycling in Decatur will be discussed at an upcoming Sustainable Springfield, Inc. meeting. City representatives will lay the groundwork for dual garbage and recycling in the city of Decatur, at a panel discussion May 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Carnegie Room North at Lincoln Library, 326 S. Seventh St. in […]

After 116 years of dormancy, the Lincoln Monument Association is back, champing at the bit with plans to support our 16th president’s tomb. Originally started immediately after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865, the Lincoln Monument Association helped pick the location and design for the tomb, which stands 117 feet high in Springfield’s Oak Ridge Cemetary. […]

A poor economy is no excuse for not seeing green, says Springfield Civic Garden Club’s Susie Risser, who’s helping organize the organization’s annual plant sale this Saturday, May 7, from 8 a.m. to noon at the fairgrounds’ University of Illinois extension building. She says the club’s budget is struggling to stay in the black as […]

Grungy carpet, chipped paint and dim lighting: sounds more like a sleazy motel than a school serving more than 400 students. Those are just some of the sorry conditions at Harvard Park Elementary School, 2501 S. 11th St. in Springfield, a 100-year-old facility where 93 percent of students live below the poverty line. Bathrooms at […]

Start your spring cleaning this weekend by clearing out that medicine cabinet. Bring all expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs to Prevention First at 2800 Montvale Drive Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Let the Springfield Police Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Association take unneeded medications off your hands. The prescriptions […]

There are few issues of such immediate importance as teaching young women about sexual assault prevention. The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network estimates that a sexual assault occurs every 12 minutes – usually against women. It can be a devastating experience, and that’s why the Springfield-based Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault and Illinois College […]