Vol. 45, No. 52
Restaurants navigate a pandemic
Owners experience loss, recovery and reinvention
By Rachel Otwell
Cropping up
Pot licenses sought in Sangamon
By Bruce Rushton
Defund police?
Discussion including BLM Springfield suggests solutions to systemic racism
Registration for District 186 open July 21-31
Families can choose whether they prefer a blended or remote model
MASKS?
By Cap City
UIS PLANS CAREFUL COMEBACK
Can a new director turn IDES around?
By Rich Miller
Editor's note 7/16/20
By Fletcher Farrar
Boards and commissions matter
Wall of separation influenced the Voting Rights lawsuit
By Larry Golden
Letters to the editor 7/16/20
Michael-angelo Madigan
The speaker tackles statues
Now that's a wrap
Cajun stuffed cabbage rolls
By Peter Glatz
Determined to tell the story
Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum weathers the COVID storm
By Karen Ackerman Witter
Charming Springs delivers timely message
By Chuck Koplinski
Vermont poem # 1, 2020
By Jacqueline Jackson
Sweet sounds of summer
By Stacie Lewis
Topsy-turvy times
By Tom Irwin
Midnight River Choir
Sunshine 66 Hotel Music Festival
@ Route 66 Hotel and Conference Center
Fri., March 29, 5 p.m.-3 a.m. and Sat., March 30, 12 p.m.-3 a.m.
My curriculum not the reason kids can’t read
By Lucy Calkins
John Mellencamp more than rocks
Photographing history
By Dean Olsen
Home alone
By George Pawlaczyk