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The American Hospital Association presented a national award last week to both HSHS St. John’s Hospital and Memorial Medical Center for their work to improve the health and quality of life in the Enos Park neighborhood. The two nonprofit hospitals received the NOVA Award, which recognizes hospitals and health systems across the nation for their […]

Jan Jacobi, author of a new young adult historical novel called Young Lincoln, will be appearing at the Railsplitter Gift Shop inside Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site to sign copies of the book during the New Salem Music Festival on Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. The book is said to “bring Abe to life in […]

Employees at the State Journal-Register this week received an offer from the paper’s owner that many, most likely, will want to refuse. Gatehouse Media, the paper’s corporate parent, has invited employees at all of the company’s properties in Illinois to resign their positions in exchange for severance packages. Employees who sign up to quit will […]

Excavated remains of homes burned during the 1908 Springfield race riot could be destroyed or buried by city government and railroad officials. According to Jerry Jacobson of the nonprofit organization Save Old Springfield, the remnants – discovered in 2014 near the corner of 10th and Carpenter streets by an archaeological crew working on the high-speed […]

We never quite understood why University of Springfield Illinois ended up where it did, on the outskirts of town where easy access to Wendy’s and Taco Bell on Toronto Road is about the best thing one can say about a sprawling campus that too often can be a world unto itself. On Saturday, however, city […]

The SAA Collective will host a free public reception for In Black and White: Art Meets Writing, an international, interdisciplinary exhibition from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 3. The collaborative exhibition will showcase creative writing inspired by black and white artwork. The artwork was selected by a panel of judges from over 300 submissions. “We […]

When last we saw state Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez, R-Leland Grove, and Catie Sheehan on the same team (other than the Republican Party), they were enlightening us with news and other fantastic tales on WICS TV news, where both worked as reporters and anchors about 10 years back. We figured that landing a gig wouldn’t […]

State Sen. Sam McCann, R/CP/AFL-CIO/?-Plainview, caused quite a stir this week by announcing that he’s sponsoring legislation that would yank $180 million in state road funds that’s slated to help build a presidential library for Barack Obama in Chicago. The money, McCann says, should be spent fixing roads and bridges in our neck of the […]

SIU Medical School residents and students will participate in the seventh annual Emergency Medical Services Day. Weather permitting, a helicopter crew will land and simulate a flight, discussing the specifics and challenges of aeromedical transport. Learners will use the “Jaws of Life” and other hydraulic tools to break down a car and practice survivor extraction. […]