Vol. 49, No. 7
Fall Home & Garden 2023
One interview
Mayor says she didn’t meet with other library director candidates
By Dean Olsen
St. Patrick's wants tax credits to continue
Invest In Kids Scholarship program will expire without action during fall veto session
Battery manufacturing plant coming to Illinois
Lithium-ion plant in Manteno part of state's effort to court EV manufacturing
By Andrew Adams, Capitol News Illinois
Coming back to Mass
Catholic students will lose subsidies if parents don't attend regularly
By Scott Reeder
Groundbreaking for Scheels Sports Park
Construction to start for a $67 million sports complex opening in 2025
Judge takes heat for speech
Illinois Supreme Court Justice was the keynote speaker at a Democratic fundraiser
By Rich Miller
Editors note 9/14/23
By Fletcher Farrar
Why China's economy is tottering
A Springfield professor on the paradox of President Xi's power
By Roy Wehrle
Letters to the editor 9/14/23
By Letters to the Editor
Remembering Bill Black
Oktoberfest in September
Next to beer, currywurst are the best
By Peter Glatz
New life for rom-com Love at First Sight, Nun II drags on, My Bat Mitzvah a coming-of-age story
By Chuck Koplinski
Bully Poem
By Jacqueline Jackson
Romance at the cemetery
By Daron Walker
Mid-September music-making
By Tom Irwin
Tree health and maintenance
Preparing for the next storm
By Karen Ackerman Witter
Planning for spring
Get a head start with this fall lawn and flower garden checklist
By Holly A. Whisler
A blueprint for fall gardening
By Jean Campbell
Get your family organized
Start the school year off right
By Pamela Savage
Fall Home and Garden Calendar
The Nutcracker Ballet
@ Sacred Heart-Griffin High School
Sun., Dec. 3, 2-3 p.m.
Liquor license dilemma
Celebrate the season at Holiday Inn
By Mary Young
Sangamon County could see first wind farm soon
Inside Illinois youth lockups
By Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois