Vol. 40, No. 21
Name games
By Roland Sweet
Caught stupid
Giving troubled youth a chance to grow
Springfield-based IIAA uses sports as therapy
By Patrick Yeagle
Five new holiday films
By Chuck Koplinski
A surprise for your service
Secretary of 33 years receives special gift as she retires
Preventing another Ferguson
Activists, police working together to curb racial tension
Lawsuit in limbo
Wrongful death case against sheriff’s office in jeopardy
By Bruce Rushton
First Night offers family-friendly arts and fun
By Nan Kording
LONG HAUL LAWSUIT
By Cap City
SOUTHWIND SUNDIAL
Remembering Judy Baar Topinka
By Rich Miller
Editor's note 12/25/14
By Fletcher Farrar
The pain of inequality among yacht buyers
By Jim Hightower
Editor's Note 12/18/14
Think of the Amazon workers
Listening about torture
By James Krohe Jr.
Official graffiti
The General Assembly tags the museum building
Wrong in principle
Immigrant-hating and the Illinois democracy
It’s not as bad as you think
By Lee H. Hamilton
A little knowledge . . . No. 5 in a series
Welcome to the neighborhood, Rauners
By Phil Bradley
Letters to the Editor 12/25/14
By Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor 12/18/14
Full volume at the SHG football stadium
By Chris Britt
Twas just before Christmas
Take a break with some simple soups
Christmas puddings
By Julianne Glatz
A quiet, respect-your-intelligence style
JOHN BERT WALLENSTEIN April 3, 1942-Aug. 7, 2014
For political intelligence, he was the man to know in Springfield
ERA EUGENE “GENE” CALLAHAN Nov. 5, 1933-Aug. 4, 2014
By Robert E. Hartley
Radio around here will never be the same
BOB MURRAY July 4, 1947 - Feb. 26, 2014
By Jim Leach
He built a legacy, one changed life at a time
J.D. WASHINGTON Jan. 12, 1929 – Sept. 24, 2014
Big, beautiful blue eyes and a heart of gold
Tayla Marie Skaggs-Cook Sept. 28, 1974 – Sept. 30, 2014
By Daniel D. Skaggs Sr.
His life was simply ‘Zan-Tastic’
Zander Kai Etling-Slightom April 4, 2005 – Dec. 28, 2013
By Lynne and Roger Slightom
Folk artist, unassuming and brilliant
ADOLPH GEORGE COLIN Oct. 12, 1929-Sept. 1, 2014
By Ginny Lee
An art lover, devoted to family
JUHLANN DAVIS GIBBS Feb. 4, 1927 – Oct. 21, 2014
By Erika Holst
A most extraordinary 95 ½ years of life
Preston Levon McCrary Sr. Oct. 28, 1919 - June 26, 2014
By A.J. Woodson
A treasure of the theater
MARGE ROTH Aug. 25, 1941-Feb. 17, 2014
By Gus Gordon
The man who fell to earth
CECIL KENNETH “TUCK” BELTON Nov. 2, 1922-Jan. 15, 2014
‘We’ll do the right thing for people.’
ALAN JOHN DIXON July 7, 1927-July 6, 2014
She loved her family, her home and her yard
Evelyn Lee White Alexander Aug. 1, 1936 - Oct. 21, 2014
By Winona Dulka
Beautiful inside and out, she brought light in both life and death
CARRIE RISDON DAVID July 29, 1976 – Jan. 24, 2014
Professor, writer, outdoorsman, public servant
DAVID TEMPLETON KENNEY June 12, 1922-June 27, 2014
What to expect when they’re expecting a certain something
Sometimes their most-desired gift just isn’t available. Here’s how to let them down while keeping the holiday joy.
By Jessica Royer Ocken, CTW Features
A wonderland of a human being
JOHN G. BEECHLER Dec. 14, 1929 – March 8, 2014
By Ellie Squire
Remembering the lives they lived
By IT Staff
He relished making deals, but also giving back
WILLIAM HENRY HUMPHREY Aug. 27, 1934 – April 27, 2014
A fisherman’s friend
ROBERT “BOB” FOLDER Oct. 26, 1936-Nov. 6, 2014
Gifts that feed their food passion
The perfect food-focused presents for the person who lives in the kitchen
By Jill Jaracz, CTW Features
The company you keep away
By Amy Alkon
She kept smiling; she never wavered
Coleen Marie Ishmael May 20, 1966 - June 1, 2014
By Topaz Gunderson-Schweska
A full-fledged member of the greatest generation
John Hine Dec. 9, 1924 - Jan. 2, 2014
By Mark, Mike, Jeff, Tim, Patrice
You delete me
The luckiest man on earth
Harold Dean Allen April 26, 1934 - July 4, 2014
By Jennifer Allen
He practiced what he preached.
KEITH RICHARD RODERICK Feb. 26, 1953-March 11, 2014
The spatula
A Christmas memoir
By Roy French
Witherspoon and Vallee fully invest in powerful Wild
Foxx and company flounder in bland Annie
sleighing poem # 1
By Jacqueline Jackson
PARADOX
Classical Christmas
Bring your “A” game
Scavenge for symbols
Star-studded seasonal showcase
Celebrate the sacred journey
“…and a happy zoo year!”
Pre-Christmas goings on
By Tom Irwin
Mid-holiday happenings
Monica Morris & Josie Lowder
Cats on Holiday
Tennessee Whiskey, Ultimate Eric Church Experience
@ Danenberger Family Vineyards
Sat., April 27, 8 p.m.
Attorney trio in trouble
By Scott Reeder
Farmers want the right to fix their tractors
By Jennifer Bamberg, Investigate Midwest
Man arrested by FBI owns property with an Illinois state trooper
By Dean Olsen
A new direction
