Dominic Watson is intimately familiar with the disparities that exist in Springfield and Sangamon County.
Growing up, he would travel from the north side of town to the east side to attend St. Patrick s Catholic School near the corner of MLK Drive and South Grand Avenue. Driving from the north side to the east side, or from the west side to the east side, you can see how things change,” said Watson, 37, who is president and chief executive officer of the Springfield Black Chamber of Commerce. “You transition. It s like a whole different world.
In Sangamon County, the median household income for a Black family is $27,003, while it is $66,648 for their white counterparts, according to five-year estimates from the 2019 American Community Survey, the most recent available. The survey shows that 39.2% of the county’s Black residents live in poverty while 10.3% of white residents live below the poverty line. Of the 13 Illinois counties with Black populations of 15,000 or mo
Carmelita Foster is District 186’s Horace Mann Educator of the Year. The Fairview Elementary School fifth-grade teacher was announced as the winner of the annual award Friday afternoon during a small gathering at the front of the school.
Foster’s family and a few of the students who nominated her for the award were there as District 186 Superintendent Jennifer Gill presented her with a symbolic giant check and a crystal owl. She receives $1,400 for earning the top honor.
Starting her teaching career at Harvard Park Elementary in 2013, Foster has worked in the district for eight years and has taught fourth and fifth grade.
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Nearly two and a half years after his arrest, former School District 186 board of education president and County Financial agent Adam Lopez of Springfield pleaded guilty to theft in a Sangamon County court Monday.
Lopez, 38, has been in jail since 2018, accused of stealing more than $1 million from clients when he was a financial agent for Country Financial. He was fired from the company after a customer complained.
Under an agreement with the Sangamon County state s attorney, Lopez pleaded guilty to a felony Class X theft, the most serious charge. Three counts of financial exploitation of the elderly and a count of financial exploitation of a person with disabilities were dismissed.
Photo by Bruce Rushton Flanked by Vanessa Knox of the Faith Coalition For The Common Good and Nick Dodson of the Sierra Club and Sangamon County Democratic Socialists of America, Susan Allen, a member of the Faith Coalition, tells the press that the sheriff s office shouldn t get an armored vehicle. A coalition of groups ranging from Black Lives Matter to Planned Parenthood is demanding that Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell cancel plans to acquire an armored vehicle. The sheriff s department doesn t need a surplus military vehicle that can withstand mine blasts and is impervious to bullets from high-powered rifles, representatives of 13 groups said at a press conference outside the sheriff s office this week