AltWeeklies Wire
The Endnew
For nine long years, Julie Rea Harper insisted someone else murdered her son -- last month, she got 12 jurors to believe her.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
08-11-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bad Boysnew
One Springfield detective showed up intoxicated three times at crime scenes, and plodded through a victim's blood in his flip-flops; another falsified records to help an informant, according to a preliminary report by a state-police investigator.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
08-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'Just a Tool'new
Records show Springfield police detectives misstated and misunderstood facts in the Tommy Munoz case.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
07-28-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Welcome to Americanew
African immigrants at the Cargill meatpacking plant in Beardstown, Ill., are the latest to see the underside of the American dream.
Illinois Times |
Karen Fitzgerald |
07-17-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Phoenix Risingnew
The board of directors of Phoenix Center didn't know Jack -- until they took control of the HIV/AIDS service organization.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
07-14-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
When Chatham Girls Go Wildnew
Parents object to heavy-handed school administrators.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
06-05-2006 |
Education
Tags: Education
Trying Another Comebacknew
Developers are investing billions in downtown St. Louis -- will the loft boom last?
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
06-05-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
'No New Evidence'new
The grand jury investigation of the Rhoads murders continues, but Randy Steidl is no longer a target.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
06-05-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Passing the Bucknew
An Illinois lawmaker says the firing of a guardsman may have violated an anti-discrimination statute.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
06-05-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Battered but Beautifulnew
Life goes on at a troubled oxbow lake of the Illinois River.
Illinois Times |
Jeanne Townsend Handy |
06-05-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Piling Onnew
A convict claims Springfield, Ill. police detectives tampered with evidence in his case.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-15-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Private Search Partynew
A private entity, not the state, is looking for a new director for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
05-05-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Snitch Glitchnew
A circuit court in Illinois rules that a detective must cough up the identity of a confidential informant.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-05-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Internal Affairsnew
A racial-discrimination lawsuit brought by black police officers has devolved into a probe of extramarital affairs and pornography.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
04-28-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Ill Willnew
Some prominent citizens were in charge when Goodwill defrauded taxpayers, endangered the disabled, and tanked financially -- so why didn't they do anything?
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
04-28-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
