Lisa Clemmons-Stott, executive director of Downtown Springfield Inc., is leaving her post, according to multiple sources. The reasons behind her resignation aren’t clear. Clemmons-Stott, who was named DSI director in 2015, did not return two phone calls from Illinois Times. “We will send out a formal statement to the two of you first this afternoon,” […]
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Video of fatal jail encounter remains under wraps
It may be a month before the Sangamon County coroner’s office determines a cause of death for a county jail inmate who died early Tuesday after being tased by jail staff. Meanwhile, authorities have not released video that might show what happened. Jaimeson D. Cody, 39, died about 20 hours after he was booked into […]
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Bargains galore
Need a microwave? How about a coat rack or a Pottery Barn rug? Don’t delay, act today. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation has launched an Eviction Special sale since the public institution last week said au revoir, adios, don’t-let-the-door-hit-you to its erstwhile partner aka the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Chris Wills, ALPLM […]
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D-I-V-O-R-C-E
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has parted ways with its private foundation that owns more than $20 million worth of artifacts, including a questionable hat, that have been a mainstay of museum exhibits. In addition to controlling artifacts, the foundation has run the institution’s gift shop and concessions under a memorandum of understanding […]
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The final days
The demise of Val Yazell, fired by Mayor Jim Langfelder last week, came after arguments between the city’s erstwhile economic development director and the mayor’s office about money to fix a building used by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on 11th Street. On Dec. 31, the mayor signed an agreement with […]
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Mayor fires economic development director
Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder has terminated Val Yazell, the city’s economic development director. Yazell confirmed that she was terminated Thursday afternoon. She said that she had no immediate comment. Langfelder could not be immediately reached. Yazell had been paid $105,919 per year. She had recently clashed with Langfelder over funding for repairs to a building […]
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District 186 students to return four days per week
Starting Tuesday, April 6, students on the hybrid schedule in Springfield Public Schools will start four-day weekly schedules for in-person learning. Previously, hybrid students attended either Tuesdays and Thursdays or Wednesdays and Fridays. The new Tuesday-Friday schedule will be maintained until the end of the school year, according to an email sent to parents by […]
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Sale pending on SJ-R building
The State Journal-Register building on Ninth Street has been taken off the market, pending an offer from an unidentified buyer. Sandy Hamilton, a local real estate broker, confirms that an offer is pending and says that she is no longer showing the building or considering offers. She said that she doesn’t know the name of […]
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Sangamon County quietly changed leftover COVID vaccine policy
The COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Sangamon County Department of Public Health has a new process for giving out doses left at the end of each day, department director Gail O’Neill confirmed Monday. For about the last week and a half, the first nine cars lining up at 2 p.m. at the health department’s building […]
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Cops blast mayor for backing brawling alderman
The Springfield police union is denouncing Mayor Jim Langfelder for defending Ward 2 Ald. Shawn Gregory, who got into a public fistfight Thursday, one day before the alderman, the mayor and other community leaders held a press conference to urge an end to violence in the capital city, which recently has been rocked by shootings. […]
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What pandemic?
Renovations at the State Capitol are expected to begin this summer and could cost as much as $170 million. Legislators and the governor’s staff will be moving out of the Capitol and into the nearby Stratton Building, according to the Capital Development Board, which plans to pay a contractor more than $1.8 million to fix […]
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Milhiser resigns as U.S. attorney
John Milhiser, U.S. attorney for the central Illinois, has resigned at the request of the new president. “When I accepted this position, I knew this day would come,” Milhiser said in a written statement. “My plan was simple — to do my best each day to make our community a safer, better place, until I’m […]
