Computer tampering charges have been dropped against a defendant in a bizarre court case involving supposed computer hacking at a defunct Illinois nonprofit. Still, millions of dollars in state and federal grants are missing, and the nonprofit’s director has yet to account for the money. Annabel Melongo of Chicago was found not guilty of computer […]
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Springfield teacher publishes children’s book on Africa
Springfield teacher Allison Gnuse wrote a children’s book about her experiences in Kenya. Photo BY PATRICK YEAGLE Although it’s only a dozen pages long, Allison Gnuse’s book is helping change lives more than 8,000 miles away. Gnuse, a Springfield teacher, recently published a children’s book about her time in Kenya, and most of the book’s […]
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State repays bulk of seized charity funds
Gov. Pat Quinn has repaid – early and with interest – $1.176 million borrowed during the last fiscal year from 11 state-controlled charity funds. But about $434,300 seized from seven such funds the year before appears. to be gone for good. During the last fiscal year, Quinn, with authorization from the Democratic-controlled General Assembly, borrowed […]
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Springfield charity ends work in Haiti
Dr. H. Brent DeLand of Springfield recalls doing minor surgery while on a humanitarian trip to Haiti in 2002, as his friend and later charity co-founder Greg Richmond of Chicago held a single light bulb aloft for light inside a one-room clinic in the Cité Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. “I said, ‘Greg, can you […]
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State taps charity funds to pay its bills
Over the last two years, the state of Illinois in order to pay its basic bills has seized more than $1.6 million from at least 15 different “charity” funds, to which Illinoisans voluntarily donate for causes like feeding the hungry and helping the homeless. Each year, the Illinois Department of Revenue invites taxpayers to donate […]
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Charity porker run
Registration is closed for the professionally-timed Fat Ass 5K race through downtown Springfield that starts at 10 a.m., but you can cheer the runners on their 1/10 mile jaunt as some detour to down beer, ice cream and donuts. The party starts at 11 a.m. and includes a pig roast with all the fixings and […]
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Rock out for a cause
The Second Annual Central Illinois Foodbank Benefit Concert with The Station AXA Advisors and Planet Playground Records are proud to present the Second Annual Central Illinois Food Bank Benefit Concert Friday November 27th at the Hoogland Center for the Arts at 420 S. 6th St. in Springfield. This year’s musical lineup includes The Station – […]
