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Like other sheriffs and police chiefs, Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell says he's concerned at the prospect of cash bail being eliminated by the legislature. Sangamon County is facing a potential budget hole as the state contemplates ending the cash bail system. When someone posts bond, the county charges a 10 percent fee that goes into the county's general fund after cases are adjudicated. With $4.1 million of bonds held in 6,799 pending cases as of Dec. 31, the county stands to collect more than $400,000, although people who aren't charge...

Photo by Ted Brewer Tulo + Eads plays the Boars Nest in Athens this Saturday night. Welcome to our world as we are into the second issue of 2021 with a slight thaw in the live music freeze about to happen. Here come our first live gigs of the year with the promise and hope of more to come as the COVID vaccinations continue, our infection rates drop and, most importantly, folks consistently and without reservation, follow the necessary pandemic proto...

Photo by David Blanchette The historic Elijah Iles House at Seventh and Cook streets may soon become part of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site. The Lincoln Home National Historic Site may soon be larger and tell more of Springfield's history if several local organizations are successful in their efforts to expand the site's boundaries to encompass the old and the new. The Elijah Iles House Foundation Board on Dec. 29 passed a...

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Advancement through service Springfield Frontiers International will host a virtual version of the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast. Rev. Dr. Melvin Charles Smith, an internationally recognized evangelist with the Mt. Moriah-East Baptist Church, is the scheduled speaker. Frontiers International, Inc. is a national, nonprofit and nonsectarian service organization founded in 1936 and headquartered in Philadelphia. The Springfield club was organized in 1953. The organization's mission is achieved through service to others and by harnessing the cooperative influence of community lead...