Vol. 47, No. 24
Remembering the lives they lived 2021
By Fletcher Farrar
Business incubator slated for Southtown
Social innovation center would target minority entrepreneurs
By Scott Reeder
Text messages between top state politicians made public
By Rich Miller
Protect prime farmland from solar
Sangamon County must rethink solar siting
By John Hawkins
New Year's Eve music
By Tom Irwin
A teacher at heart
Charles "Chuck" Flamini June 12, 1946-April 21, 2021
By Cinda Ackerman Klickna
Joseph "Bobo" Beneky
July 15, 1940-Oct. 29, 2021
Retired Lt. Candace Cain
July 22, 1959-March 29, 2021
A one-of-a kind musician
Robert "Butch" Emil Ramelow March 5, 1944-May 23, 2021
Illinois' consummate statesman
Adlai E. Stevenson III Oct. 10, 1930-Sept. 6, 2021
By Bruce Mackey
Jim Cox
May 13, 1942-April 25, 2021
Samuel Bruce Davis
May 14, 1953-Sept. 20, 2021
The father of academic medicine in Springfield
Elvin Zook March 31, 1937-Nov. 24, 2020
A passionate life well-lived
Mike Austin Oct. 5, 1964-Oct. 4, 2021
Leo "Lee" Dondanville Jr.
June 25, 1930-Nov. 22, 2021
Dr. Tracy R. Evans
Oct. 21, 1950-March 16, 2021
She was always looking forward to life
Margaret (Peggy) Sower Knoepfle Oct 30, 1934-May 23, 2021
By Deborah Brothers
Community leader and volunteer, devoted to family
Peggy Ryder Feb. 7, 1950-Sept. 16, 2021
By Karen Ackerman Witter
A spiritual dynamo
Rev. Tinnie "Tiny" Roberta Randall July 1, 1957-Dec. 17, 2020
Tamara S. Fanale
Nov. 3, 1957-April 23, 2021
Dr. J. E. (Jack) Gillen
May 19, 1929-Dec. 13, 2020
David Lee Thursby
Nov. 12, 1968-June 2, 2021
"A passion for preserving history, with a wicked sense of humor"
Susan Mogerman June 11, 1945-July 15, 2021
By Julie Dirksen
Charles F. "Chuck" Harris
June 23, 1937-June 27, 2021
Edward M. Hettinger
July 26, 1928-Aug. 9, 2021
Carol Hopkins
May 21, 1949-March 27, 2021
Joan Huggins
Oct. 19, 1938-May 13, 2021
Laura Ruth Hage Schemmer
Jan. 18, 1970-Apr. 30, 2021
Ambassador for Springfield
Tony Leone Sept. 1, 1950-Feb. 3, 2021
Always there to help
William "Bill" L. Boyd Jan. 11, 1931-Feb. 7, 2021
By Justin Blandford
Lobbyist for society's vulnerable
LEONARD LIEBERMAN Sept. 23, 1947-Nov. 9, 2021
By Rabbi Barry Marks
Davie Sue Raker
Dec. 3, 1948-April 12, 2021
Mary Fran Ralph
Aug. 14, 1934-April 24, 2021
Soccer missionaries
YAVUZ I. GONULSEN Aug. 2, 1936-Feb.7, 2021 AYDIN O. GONULSEN Feb. 15, 1943-July 6, 2021
By James Krohe Jr
Elaine Diane Roth
Oct. 14, 1934-Oct. 7, 2021
Carla Stroemer
June 13, 1932-July 3, 2021
Larry Eugene Morris
April 1, 1949-Nov. 25, 2021
Playwright, dancer, mentor in the arts
Selvarine Jones Jan. 26, 1960-Oct. 14, 2021
By Kenneth Lowe
"A warm smile and an open ear"
KRESTON RAE LIPSCOMB March 23, 1953-Sept. 28, 2021
By Laura Lipscomb
First female lieutenant governor for Illinois
Corinne Wood May 28, 1954-May 18, 2021
Shaping Springfield’s Energy Future
@ Lincoln Public Library
Wed., March 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
ISP concludes investigation into shooting at juvenile detention center
By Dean Olsen
The end of an era
By David Blanchette
Springfield man charged with operating six "houses of prostitution"
Limited capacity in juvenile detention centers statewide