AltWeeklies Wire
A Town Hurt by Globalization Adaptsnew
Built by railroads and coal, Centralia, Ill., has been pummeled by successful waves of plant closings, leaving this small town struggling with poverty and unemployment.
Illinois Times |
Mary Rickard |
11-18-2005 |
Economy
True Britt: Bomb-Throwing Cartoonist Is a Sweetheartnew
Finding a decent full-time gig as an editorial
cartoonist has become harder, which helps explains how award-winning cartoonist Chris
Britt's career has taken him to smaller and smaller newspapers -- until he ended up at a sleepy, conservative daily in the Midwest.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
11-18-2005 |
Media
Tags: State, Journal-Register
The Latest Trend: Poverty -- and It's on the Risenew
In Illinois, there are more than 1.56 million people living below the poverty line, and the number is expected to grow.
Illinois Times |
Joan Villa |
10-28-2005 |
Economy
Newly Freed Sex Offenders Caught in Revolving Doornew
Inmates are given their release papers, walked to the gates of prisons, then promptly arrested by Department of Corrections officers and returned to their cells because they haven't found a satisfactory place to live.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-28-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Illinois State Workers Stepped Up to Help After Katrinanew
Floyd Schleyhahn was one of 39 state workers sent to Bogalusa, La., 70 miles north of New Orleans. Schleyhahn came back with a detailed journal, and a
long-distance friendship with a young family that had endured loss after
loss.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-21-2005 |
Disasters
Ancient Bones Found at Bison Beachnew
Archaeologists have uncovered the first evidence of an aboriginal bison kill in Illinois.
Illinois Times |
Jeanne Townsend Handy |
10-14-2005 |
Science
Burmese Buddhist Master Teaches Vipassana Meditationnew
With the arrival of Gunasiri, Springfield, Ill., becomes the first U.S. outpost for disciples of Burmese Buddhist master Chanmyay Sayadaaw.
Illinois Times |
Karen Fitzgerald |
10-14-2005 |
Religion
Illinois Governor Touts Latest Health Initiativenew
Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s plan to offer health coverage to the state’s quarter-million uninsured children plays to mixed reviews, as critics point out the state has put the screws to other health-care
programs.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
10-14-2005 |
Science
State Fights Claim of Woman Raped at Mental Health Centernew
Lisa Weisser was raped in 1994 in a state mental-health facility -- and has been seeking justice ever since. Her rapist got a slap on
the wrist, and returned to the streets, where last year he threatened another woman.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Boilermakers Locked Outnew
Dallas-based Celanese keeps operating its plant in Meredosia, Ill., with replacement workers as locked-out union members accuse the company of
failing to bargain in good faith.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
10-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
New Nuclear Reactors May Go to Southnew
A nuclear-power consortium targets Alabama and
Mississippi for the next reactors, suggesting that Clinton, Ill., no longer is a leading site for Exelon Corp.'s next nuke.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-07-2005 |
Environment
Karyn’s Killers?new
For the first time, members of the Slover family -- convicted of murdering and dismembering Karyn Hearn Slover in 1996 -- tell their story.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
10-07-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Mother Opposes Her Son's Warnew
A woman joining in this weekend's antiwar protests considers her son a trained killer and a mercenary, but she's proud of him, too.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
09-23-2005 |
War
Convicted Rapist's Request for New Trial Turned Downnew
A rapist who figured in a Springfield police controversy says he felt pressured to plead guilty.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
09-02-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Illinois, Renatta Frazier
Badge of Honornew
Veteran trooper Michale Callahan found the investigation of a brutal double murder was riddled with errors, and evidence led to another suspect with ties to high state officials. He recently won a judgment against his ex-supervisors in a case that's shaken the Illinois State Police.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
08-26-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
