Micah Bartlett, left, is chairman of the Illinois Bankers Association and Tom Marantz holds the same title with the Community Bankers Association of Illinois. The two also are across the town neighbors, Bartlett with Town and Country Bank and Marantz with Bank of Springfield.
I voted!
Sangamon County residents who participated in the democracy today and cast a vote for their candidate.
Harry Marshall Way
The legacy of Harry "Skee" Marshall, a Springfield resident and the first African-American U.S. Marshall in the Central District of Illinois, was celebrated during a ceremony naming Jackson Street as Harry Marshall Way. Marshall's wife, Iner, center, and her granddaughter, Tiffany Marshall, left, and great grandson, Cobi Jones, and several other family members were present for the event at the corner of Jackson and McCreery streets.
Dave Ballance
Former Springfield police officer Dave Ballance searches for answers to what happened to a 5-month-old boy who was shot in the head one night in 1999 while he was on patrol.
Steve Kaplan
Act of mercy
Marcella Kincaid. who was convicted of a felony in 1991, was granted clemency recently by Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and her record could soon be clear. “I don’t know how my name found its way on the governor’s desk, but it’s a blessing,” Kincaid said.
Volunteer leader
Steve Frank is chief of the volunteer New Berlin Island Grove fire department, photographed at the scene of a field fire.
Rabbi Barry Marks
Uncertain future
Cory and Haley McIntyre were expecting to receive their college degrees Thursday from ITT Technical Institute but the for-profit chain school closed all its campuses nationwide Tuesday.
Grace Boliva turns 100, and so does the National Park Service
Grace Baliva turned 100 years-old on the same day as the National Park Service. She joined federal, state and local elected officials, and Park Service officials, to cut the cake for the 100th anniversary commemoration at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site.
Defensive line
Brady Egelhoff, left, Dylan Chims, Jacob Dixon, and Ryan Kleeman will anchor Carlinville High School's defensive line this season.
Cresco Labs' Joliet medical marijuana cultivation facility
Officials from Chicago-based Cresco, which operate a medical marijuana growing facility in Joliet, as well as cultivation centers near Lincoln and in Kankakee, invited journalists to tour the $11 million Joliet facility Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.
Reflecting on history
Yosh Golden's great aunt was killed in the Hiroshima bombing at the end of World War II. Hiroshima is very much on Golden's mind as President Barack Obama prepares to visit the city, and the 30-acre Peace Memorial Park, on Friday. Obama will be the first sitting American president to visit Hiroshima, which lost more than 100,000 people in the bombing and the aftermath that essentially ended World War II in the Pacific Theater.
Success stories
Kanicia Green, left, Eric Mason, both seniors at Lanphier High School, and Alexa Brown from Southeast, have been through a lot growing up. All three said they came from broken homes, and in the case of Mason, no home at all at times. But the friends since middle school have bright futures. Green is headed to Howard University, Mason is going to Stanford and Brown will attend Harvard.
A somber affair
The commemoration of the 151st anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's funeral May 4, 2016.
Lincoln Colored Home
Lee Hubbard is a son of the late Lyman Hubbard Sr., a former Tuskegee Airman who returned to his hometown of Springfield in 2005 after a career in the military and bought the former Lincoln Colored Home, the first orphanage for African-Americans in Illinois. It was his father's vision of developing it into a museum and community center, but Lyman Hubbard Sr. died in 2012 before he could secure funding for the project. Lee Hubbard is working with volunteers and hopes to see his father's wishes carried out.
Authentic Springfield
The end of a downtown Springfield era comes this weekend with the closing of Food Mart, 416 E. Monroe St. Brothers Pete and Tony Pirrera are retiring as the fifth-generation to operate the deli, wine shop and grocery, which has been in business for more than 120 years.
All out for Christmas
Jean Hulbert, 92, is known to decorate her home in Nokomis for Christmas with exuberance, using every piece of her collection, which began 65 years ago with items from a Five and Dime.
Weather worn
Already battered by age and weather, an abandoned farm house along Old Jacksonville Road faces another day against the elements.
Hallowed ground
The Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, scene of the bloodiest one day battle in American history.
