There’s something to be said about finishing what you start. As of June 1, associate judges in the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court will keep cases from the beginning to the end of a trial. Juvenile court cases will be managed by four judges who will rotate in and out instead of one. Four associate judges […]
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Summit restores hope
A statewide effort to help restore offenders on probation back to society has come to Springfield through efforts by the Fifth Street Renaissance, Springfield Urban League and Tower of Refuge, Inc. The first “Summit of Hope” in Springfield invited more than 600 individuals on probation at the state and county level, and from Department of […]
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Honor Flight sends WW II vets to Washington, D.C., for a day
Springfield resident Bernard Carver, 89, remembers loading ammunition, refueling four-engine B-24 bombers and flying along with pilots in the Eighth Air Force, to pick up equipment during World War II. Early Tuesday morning, April 5, Carver, along with his son, Bernie Carver, boarded a plane, this time chartered by Land of Lincoln Honor Flight. The […]
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Methodist distribution center in Chatham sends relief to Japan
Five days a week volunteers bustle about the kitchen and heated warehouse inside the Midwest Mission Distribution Center in Chatham. Many are retired and some come from as far as North Dakota. All volunteers come to serve. The distribution center is one of seven distribution warehouses connected with the United Methodist Committee on Relief, an […]
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Labor unions balk at bargaining bill
Labor unions are continuing negotiations over legislation backed by Gov. Pat Quinn that would lift collective bargaining rights from current high-ranking state agency workers and legislative liaisons, as well as their right to apply for future union membership. “We strongly support union representation and collective bargaining for many state workers, but the system only works […]
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Illinois Muslims gather at Capitol for ‘action’
Teenage Muslims knelt for afternoon prayer on the floor of the Statehouse after a rally on Muslim Action Day, March 9. Nearly 1,200 Muslim faithful converged on the state capital to push for education reform, civil rights and the environment. The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, United African Organization, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant […]
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Park board race draws field of newcomers
The Springfield Park Board will have a new set of players after the election on April 5, when four candidates, plus a write-in, will run for three seats on the park board. Candidates include current park board trustee and middle school teacher Tina Jannazzo; Ted Flickinger, a former president of the Illinois Association of Park […]
