Vol. 42, No. 39
Manar: School funding system “completely rotten”
By Alex Camp
Both SIU and patients benefit from current health care law
By Debby Hernandez
A crazy system
Mentally ill inmates clog jails. Sometimes they die.
By Bruce Rushton
Rauner targets hate crime
Alice Cooper comes to Springfield
We’re not worthy, but he talked to IT anyway
GRANDSTAND LINEUP
By Cap City
PRESERVE HEALTH BENEFITS
Tuning up the band
By Rich Miller
Editors Note 4/20/17
By Fletcher Farrar
How can we stop banksters from robbing us?
By Jim Hightower
In defense of arts funding
By Erika Holst
The hog and I
Staying in touch with my inner pig farmer
By James Krohe Jr.
Letters to the Editor 4/20/17
By Letters to the Editor
Democratic machine
By Chris Britt
Wine meets fun on Walnut Street
Former insurance man Loren Shanle went from selling policies to pinot
By Jill Barth
Don’t be afraid to cook with cast iron
By Ashley Meyer
Jihad me at hello
By Amy Alkon
Honest Approach Elevates “Gifted”
By Chuck Koplinski
Fun Fate a worthy Furious entry
next school shooting poem #when
By Jacqueline Jackson
Be part of history
By Nan Kording
Illinois’ longest-running Earth Day celebration
Alice being Alice
Cooper delivers at convention center
Many music choices made
By Tom Irwin
Kofi Baker’s Cream Experience
Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters
@ Farmington Moose Lodge 1571
Fri., April 19, 7:30 p.m.
Lights out for Olde Towne Apartments
By Scott Reeder
Saving a historic round barn
By Cinda Ackerman Klickna
A self-serve farmers market
By David Blanchette
Making downtown Springfield more marketable
By Dean Olsen
