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Langfelder: "They decided to work together, and thats what its all about" 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. Gregory, first contacted by Illinois Times on Thursday, has refused ...

Rachel Otwell "I will not talk. I want my lawyer. Am I free to go?" These are "magic words," according to Belleville attorney Alex Enyart. On Feb. 23, Lincoln Library, Illinois Access to Justice and Illinois Legal Aid Online teamed up to talk virtually about individual rights when coming into contact with law enforcement. About a year ago, Lincoln Library, Springfields public library, struggl...

Will start work in June

Nothing says St. Patrick's Day better. Unless you're Irish.

Rickey Meredith presents his 70s Solo Acoustic Show at the Slauterhouse Brewing Company in Auburn this Sunday afternoon. Hello folks, and come on into the first weekend of March 2021 as we continue to work toward reopening our world in a hopefully hope-filled post-pandemic place and time. Little by little, we are seeing the signs of a safe society beginning to bloom, and boy howdy, is this guy ready for that to happen. I played my first gig of ...

This warm weather is teasing us – making us wonder if perhaps winter is over and spring has made an early arrival. So, while the weather holds, this might be a good time to get out and enjoy a self-mapped gallery hop to explore the fresh new work of local artists. At Dim Art House you can see members works from their recent show, "Self-Serving." Juried artist members of the SAA Collective are displaying their work in "Contemplative Expressions" at its new downtown location. The Illinois Pra...

When it comes to fire departments, I have street cred. I am junior fire chief emeritus for Elmhurst Elementary School. My yearlong reign, won by virtue of writing an essay on how to survive house fires, stretched from 1973 to 1974. For a solid week, a fire engine, siren blaring, picked me up at home and delivered me to school each day. Before that, I was a victim, having stuck my leg down a drainpipe at a demolished laundromat after wandering from the mobile home where I spent formative yea...

Part of plans to combine Laketown and Hazel Dell elementary schools. Two elementary schools in Springfield are to be replaced by a new school, according to plans obtained by Illinois Times. The new school would mean the shuttering of Hazel Dell and Laketown K-5 schools. Hazel Dell, at 850 W. Lake Shore Dr., was built in 1948, according to the October 2020 document. Laketown, at 1825 Lee St., was built in 1957. Both have about 165 students. Th...

Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin at Judiciary Committee hearings in 2018. But there are reasons for hope, Durbin said, as evidenced by the way he has formed lasting friendships with key Republican Senate leaders such as Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham. "I have a special friendship with Lindsey Graham that has endured through the years and people in Springfield cannot even understand why I say that," Durbin said. "But he has helped me and Ive tr...