AltWeeklies Wire
Serving Those Who Servednew
Veterans make up eight percent of the U.S. population, but 20 percent of the homeless population. What's being done to help them?
Illinois Times |
Patrick Yeagle |
11-11-2010 |
Homelessness
Kids in Prisonnew
What do you do when you catch a criminal that is only 13 years old?
Illinois Times |
Patrick Yeagle |
05-03-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Overcrowding at Illinois Prisons is Costly and Dangerousnew
In Sangamon County, at least 13 inmates were released early, many serving just a fraction of their sentences. One repeat drunk driver served only a month of his year-long sentence; another inmate serving time for possession of cocaine spent only two weeks behind bars.
Illinois Times |
Patrick Yeagle |
03-04-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: early release, violence, prison, politics, Drugs, justice, crime, money, rehabilitation, inmate, corrections
Illinois Judge Says Autistic Child Can Bring Service Dog to Schoolnew
An Illinois judge decided last week that Kaleb Drew, a 6-year-old with autism, can bring his service dog Chewey to school. The Drew family and their local school district have battled over the issue in court since July. It's the first time the issue has been tested in court in the state.
Illinois Times |
Amanda Robert |
11-20-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Blogger Busted: Free Speech Goes on Trial in Central Illinoisnew
Scott Humphrey, a 57-year-old man from Springfield, Ill., faces four criminal misdemeanor charges for two specific online statements that he made on a political blog. Sources say civil suits and criminal charges will increasingly be used to stop speech on the internet.
Illinois Times |
Amanda Robert |
10-15-2009 |
Media
After Mentally Ill Prisoner Dies in Illinois 'Supermax' Prison, Reforms Are Promisednew
As human rights organizations stepped forward to speak for Robert Foor, a 33-year-old who died in June after nearly 11 years in isolation at the Tamms Closed Maximum Security Unit, the Illinois Department of Corrections announced its plans to reform the southern Illinois “supermax” prison.
Illinois Times |
Amanda Robert |
09-24-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Embryologists Reflect on Science, Faith and Their Life-Giving Worknew
A multi-disciplinary team of physicians, nurses, embryologists and other professional staff work together to treat male and female patients at the Southern Illinois University Fertility and In Vitro Fertilization Center.
Illinois Times |
Amanda Robert |
05-01-2009 |
Science
The Economic Argument for Legalizationnew
Advocates have long supported reforming current state and federal prohibitions against growing, trading and consuming marijuana. But existing evidence of the economic benefits of legalizing, regulating and taxing marijuana is even more compelling, particularly in today's trying times.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
03-02-2009 |
Drugs
Cop Charged with 49 Felonies Pleads Guilty to Two Misdemeanors, Goes Freenew
Was David Lewis a pervert who used his police powers to terrorize vulnerable young women? Or was this case coldly concocted -- as Lewis insists -- in retaliation for his sniffing around the a strip club for information possibly linking the state's attorney's office with gangs, prostitution, and cocaine?
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
08-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Some Illinois Residents Push to Get State to Overturn a Mine Permitnew
Richard Fuller, who described himself as a "75-plus-year-old" farmer, suggested that Capital Resources Development Co.'s plan to strip-mine a 430.6-acre tract near Banner -- a village 25 miles southwest of Peoria in Fulton County -- would destroy the area's topsoil and make future planting nearly impossible.
Illinois Times |
Amanda Robert |
07-31-2008 |
Environment
Things I've Learned: Journalism Will Survive the Passing of Some Newspapersnew
What I believed as a kid, when I was noodling around on the dial of an old radio, is still true today: People are intensely interested in what's happening at home, but they're hungry to know about the bigger world around them. Journalism that feeds that need will never die.
Illinois Times |
Roland Klose |
07-31-2008 |
Media
Obama's Appearance at UNITY Highlights What's Wrong with the Medianew
Most shocking was UNITY's eager complicity in allowing CNN and Time -- both owned by Time Warner -- to force the 10,000-member journalist alliance to bend to their will. Unfortunately, suppression of a free and unfettered press didn't stop with powering off the recorders in the McCormick Place ballroom.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
07-31-2008 |
Media
Illinois Gov's Cuts to Drug-Treatment Programs Will Have Wide-Reaching Effectsnew
Under Blago's ax, drug-treatment centers around the state will lose $55 million in state funds. This amount might sound like pocket change in the context of the state's big fat coffers. To the network of drug-treatment service providers, however, it's about half of their budget -- and that's just the first domino of many that will fall.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
07-21-2008 |
Drugs
Glimmer of Hope in 1996 Karyn Slover Murder Casenew
Last week, the 4th District Appellate Court referred the case back to Macon County for a hearing on the Slovers' postconviction petitions.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
07-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
At the Crossroadsnew
AltWeeklies Award - Photography
Illinois Times |
Michael Brown |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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