Vol. 35, No. 2
Pickle juice
Goodbye to Carol Manley, writer and friend
By Jacqueline Jackson
The growing U.S. goat market
Earles brothers belong to a new breed of livestock producer
By Rick Wade
Goat invasion
A growing breed of livestock preserves an old way of life on a Sangamon County farm
Shadows of the Motherland
Russian Orthodoxy in downstate Illinois
By William Furry
Vegetarianism pays
Area teen parlays animal-rights activism into cash for college
By R. L. Nave
State hikes 'sin' tax
Increases expected to raise $119 million from beer, wine and spirits
By Amanda Robert
TOP DOGS
By Cap City
BOOKS OF A FEATHER
Clayborne would be a different sort of candidate for governor
By Rich Miller
Look out! The circus has come to town
By Jim Hightower
My hope for downtown
Parking is not the answer
By Carolyn Oxtoby
Springfield is no good at gateways
Road to nowhere, part II
By James Krohe Jr.
Letters to the Editor 8/6/09
New urbanism, downtown Springfield, and Jim Krohe
By Letters to the Editor
(Swiss) chard rolls with chicken and mushrooms
By Julianne Glatz
Fair market value
Two farmers’ markets really are better than one
A show of haunting beauty
The complex “Deviations”%u2008of Felicia Olin
By Lyndsey Taylor
Julie and Julia cooks up a tasty dual biography
By Chuck Koplinski
The Taking of Pelham 123
By Movie blurbs
The Proposal
The Hangover
Peoples Poetry
Jacqueline Jackson presents
IT Picks
IT's picks for what to do this week
Glide on the moon’s reflection
By Anita Stienstra
Rush of the native flutter
Street party
Home methods and techniques
Hodgepodge of hot August entertainment
By Tom Irwin
Laurie Morvan Band
Erin, Nathan & Chico
@ Broadgauge
Sat., April 20, 7-9:30 p.m.
Helping the Homeless. My journey and my blessing.
By Julie L Benson
Man arrested by FBI owns property with an Illinois state trooper
By Dean Olsen
Lights out for Olde Towne Apartments
By Scott Reeder
Firefighters lobby for city-operated ambulance service
