SOUTH JACKSONVILLE Even with Social Security, her late husband’s pension as a former Jacksonville police chief and her own pension, Wanda Irlam says she would have a hard time paying rent for most two-bedroom apartments.
“I think it would be very hard to find a place,” said Irlam, 84, a retired school food service worker who lives in the Jacksonville Affordable Housing development. “This is just a good place to live, and it’s very affordable and very safe.”
Her $382-a-month rent, which covers water and sewer service in this Morgan County village adjacent to Jacksonville and 36 miles west of Springfield, compares with other rents for similar apartments in the area that can cost $800 or more per month.
A former Illinois Secretary of State office administrator and supervisor of vehicle services was sentenced last week for her part in defrauding that office and the Illinois Department of Revenue of nearly $350,000.
Candace Wanzo, 58, of Centralia, was sentenced to 18 months each on two counts of theft and one count of fraud in federal court in Springfield. The sentences will be served concurrently.
Wanzo pleaded guilty in November. A second count of fraud and a third count of theft were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
Wanzo was ordered to pay more than $72,500 in restitution.
Wanzo resigned from her office in 2018, a year after she was placed on administrative leave and an investigation was opened up against by the Secretary of State s office.
Updated: 5:04 PM PDT May 5, 2021
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, and we are raising a glass to local leaders in our region.
KING 5’s Chris Daniels is back with another round of Drinks with Daniels. He sat down with people who have made an impact in our region.
Watch the segments May 5-28 on KING 5.
Gary Locke
Gary Locke really needs very little introduction as Washington state s former governor, and the first Chinese-American governor in U.S. history.
He later went on to become secretary of commerce and the U.S. Ambassador to China.
We talk about his history making a political run, attacks on the Asian community, and his role now as the interim president at Bellevue College, while drinking a freshly brewed pot of coffee in his backyard on the Eastside.
The annual awards program in photography and moving image books is to announce its winners on June 1 and 3.
‘Untitled (Sosa With Orange Hula Hoop),’ 2019 by Tyler Mitchell, from the longlisted ‘I Can Make You Feel Good’ by Tyler Mitchell, from Prestel Publishing. Image: Provided by Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Picture Book Awards
‘A Reflection of Contemporary Society’
As Publishing Perspectives readers will recall, the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation was formed in 1985 by the late Hungarian photographer Andor Kraszna-Krausz the founder in 1938 of the Focal Press, an imprint of Taylor & Francis/Routledge based in media tech books.
Its 2021 Photography Book Award and Moving Image Book Award shortlists have been announced today from London (May 4). Winners are to be named on June 1 and 3, in association with London’s The Photographers’ Gallery near Covent Garden.
The annual awards program in photography and moving image books is to announce its winners on June 1 and 3.
‘Untitled (Sosa With Orange Hula Hoop),’ 2019 by Tyler Mitchell, from the longlisted ‘I Can Make You Feel Good’ by Tyler Mitchell, from Prestel Publishing. Image: Provided by Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Picture Book Awards
‘A Reflection of Contemporary Society’
As Publishing Perspectives readers will recall, the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation was formed in 1985 by the late Hungarian photographer Andor Kraszna-Krausz the founder in 1938 of the Focal Press, an imprint of Taylor & Francis/Routledge based in media tech books.
Its 2021 Photography Book Award and Moving Image Book Award shortlists have been announced today from London (May 4). Winners are to be named on June 1 and 3, in association with London’s The Phographers’ Gallery near Covent Garden.