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About the issue It is our tradition to reserve our last issue of the year for remembering some of the Springfield-area people who have died in the past year. Those we include here are people who have come to the attention of our writers, and others brought to IT by readers answering our call to […]

Victims of domestic or sexual violence often don’t reach out for help or report incidents to law enforcement. For deaf women, the barriers are even greater. Deaf Wings is an initiative of the Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living (JACIL) designed to help women deal with the violence they have experienced. Deaf Wings is like […]

Have you ever been enticed by the image of an adorable puppy or kitten, dog or cat, frolicking at your feet,looking up at you with winsome charm and snuggling up to you on a cold winter’s night? All this and more can be yours when you adopt a pet, if you do your homework first. […]

A recent story in New Yorker magazine paints a Springfield radiologist as a physician who’s moved from the fringe of vaccine controversies to the outer limit of child abuse experts.Before becoming an expert witness in child abuse cases, Dr. David Ayoub argued that immunization amounts to genocide in the Third World. When it comes to […]

It’s been a dozen years since Springfield has seen a two-horse mayoral race. In 2007, incumbent Tim Davlin shellacked Bruce Strom, who got less than 40 percent of the vote, both in the primary and the general election. In 2011, seven mayoral candidates crowded the primary ballot; in 2015, there were five. And now, we […]

Want to get your kids off the couch and out of the house? Want them to challenge themselves to push past their fears and try new things? Want them to play outside? Want to build character? Scouts can help. From its inception almost 109 years ago, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has focused on youth […]

A conviction and prison time for marijuana possession more than 10 years ago prevents him from becoming a registered nurse, said one of the 204  who showed up for the “Expungement and Record Sealing Summit” held Nov. 17 at Matheny-Withrow School. “In my youth I was reckless and misguided,” he says. He’s turned his life […]

Authorities haven’t said what led Michael Trone to the Sleep Inn. Trone’s body was found Sept. 7 in a room at the hotel at 3470 Freedom Drive, barely a mile from his Westchester home. Two men and two women have been charged with first-degree murder. Authorities say that Trone was beaten and strangled. It was, […]

A stovepipe hat that purportedly belonged to the Great Emancipator isn’t the only artifact at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum that needs further research to flesh out provenance, museum officials acknowledged Tuesday under questioning by state lawmakers. Eleven years after an appraiser raised questions about the authenticity of the hat and other items […]