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Rosemarie Long Sangamon County Republican Chair Rosemarie Long has died according to a press release sent out Wednesday night on behalf of the Republican Party of Sangamon County. Long was a member of the Sangamon County Board for 17 years, six of them as vice-chair, according to the county party’s website. She was also President of the Northend Republican Club and a member of the WWII Illinois Veterans Memorial Committee. Long had begun ...

This story is part of an ongoing "Lame Duck Look Back" series in which Capitol News Illinois is following up on the major bills that passed both chambers of the General Assembly in the Jan. 8-13 lame duck session. This is one of several stories examining the criminal justice reform package backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Illinois will transition away from the use of cash bail as a determinant of pretrial detention by 2023 after lawmakers passed a wide-ranging bill reforming ...

SHARK investigators last summer found sheriffs deputies at Kentucky cockfights. Hindi owns a rivet-manufacturing plant and has money to fight cockfighters via a nonprofit called Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) that he founded in 1994. Admirers have included Bob Barker, former host of "The Price Is Right," who donated $1 million to SHARK a decade ago after the group fought Pennsylvania pigeon shoots that continue, with SHARK still ...

The book is available for purchase at Barnes & Noble in Springfield and may also be ordered online or through the publisher’s website: www.sbpra.com/GeorgeAMHeroux. Also available on Kindle for $9.99 at Amazon.com. Over several decades of living in the same legal community, fellow Springfield attorney George Heroux and I did not have very much professional contact. During my legal and judicial career, George was involved in legal education at ...

Always be kind DANYEL ANN “DEE” (WATTERS) PITTS Aug. 30, 1975-Jan. 22, 2020 | JOYEL ROSE “JOY” WATTERS-HALL Aug. 30, 1975-April 3, 2020 Danyel, left, and Joyel Danyel Pitts never had biological children, but plenty of people called her Mom. From her stepchildren to nieces and nephews to the high school girls she coached in track, many young people relied on Momma Dee for guidance, advice and unconditional love. Danyel grew up in Springfield with her twin sister, Jo...

Chad Marschik, owner of Body Symmetry, conducts a personal training session with Keith and Lisa Wichterman. In December, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna rolled out COVID-19 vaccines that many hope will return us to a normal way of life. What they wont do is address the other physical and emotional symptoms people have been dealing with in the wake of the pandemic. Some have suffered the worst loss imaginable: the death of a loved one. But there are...

The pending demolition of the old downtown YMCA to create yet another vacant lot will be the latest in a string of similar failures. The...

While the state legislatures lame-duck session earlier this month was largely defined by criminal justice reform, a measure aimed at the opioid epidemic passed through both chambers more quietly. State Sen. Melinda Bush, D-Grayslake, was a sponsor of the measure, meant to add teeth to the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program, a network that collects and shares information on controlled-substance prescriptions. In 2017, she sponsored a now-law that requires prescribers to check the...

Salt and pepper to taste Heat a Dutch oven over high heat (or any wide pan with deep sides and a lid that can go in the oven). Add the olive oil and sear the meat on both sides then put on a plate and set aside. Add the onions and apple and cook over high heat for about 2 minutes until they begin to soften and brown, then add ½ cup water or broth to deglaze the pan, scraping and stirring up all the delicious brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Reduce the heat to medium low and continue ...

Career diplomat talks transition