AltWeeklies Wire
The Revolution Will Be Motorizednew
By passing on gas, biodiesel boosters are saving more than a few bucks.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
04-24-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Small Town, Big Letdownnew
Despite prison overcrowding problems, Illinois' most modern maximum-security prison sits empty nearly five years after it was supposed to open.
Illinois Times |
Jamie Murnane |
04-24-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Hard Way Outnew
Marty Dwyer didn't tell, and the Guard didn't ask -- until the day they listened to the wrong guy.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
04-19-2006 |
LGBT
Closing the Booknew
The former library assistant Lori Burger was caught last summer peddling cast-off library donations on eBay.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
03-31-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Freebirdnew
One of the oldest red-tailed hawks in captivity was liberated by a couple young men in Illinois -- unfortunately, freedom came with a price, for the bird and his liberators.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
03-31-2006 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
A Lineman For the Citynew
Mike Hickey is just one of hundreds of working
stiffs, patching tornado-ravaged Springfield, Ill. back together.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
03-27-2006 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
The Return of King Coalnew
Farmers in central Illinois fight a new threat -- a method of mining that will change their land forever.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
03-27-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
In His Nation's Servicenew
Jonathan Embrey finally got his Purple Heart two years after he
was wounded near Ar Ramadi.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
03-10-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
American Girlnew
Patricia Clink was a patriot who devoted her life to caring
for others -- so why did her country desert her when she needed it most?
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
03-10-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Cartoons and Culture Clashnew
The editors of the University of Illinois' newspaper, who were suspended for running the controversial Muhammad cartoons, defend themselves.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
03-03-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
It Doesn't Add Upnew
An official record of hours worked may have been faked to help a police informant in Illinois.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
03-03-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Requiem For a Tweakernew
Thomas O'Dell, a meth addict, successfully completed drug treatment in prison, was released early and lived an exemplary life -- so how did he end up back in prison?
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
03-03-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hostile Environmentnew
Ray Coleman and other black ex-employees accuse the Illinois Department of Natural Resources of discrimination.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
02-21-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Mr. Smith Goes to Washingtonnew
It looks like Richard Norton Smith, the director of the new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, is getting out while the getting is good.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
02-10-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Taking It to Courtnew
Springfield, Ill. Police Department Chief Don Kliment will be named as the defendant in a lawsuit from the unlikeliest of sources -- next-door
neighbor and fellow union activist Ron Vose.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
02-03-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
