Spend enough time combing racks in Springfield’s thrift stores and you will, eventually and inevitably, find barely worn Brioni sport coats and flawless Alden Norwegian split toe bluchers made from finest shell cordovan leather for south of $5.

She was a Bernie Sanders 2016 volunteer. He ruled his fiefdom for years unchallenged as chairman of the Queens Democratic Party’s organization. She worked as a bartender.

But what if the court is turned into a loony bin and the law itself becomes a mockery of justice? Welcome to the federal immigration courts struggling to deal with the loopiness of Trump’s impetuous and imperious “zero tolerance” decree that all...

DOWNPOUR MAGIC Amaranth Apple Festival, sponsored by Downtown Springfield, Inc., began early Friday when Steven Duchrow performed a Vachel Lindsay interpretation at the Illinois State Library. Later Friday night the festival picked up downtown with music, food and merriment to stimulate the crowd.

Second, House Speaker Michael Madigan, who is also the state party’s chairman, has already installed Mary Morrissey as the state party’s chief operating officer. Among other things, Morrissey ran Madigan’s Chicago political operation before moving over to Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s campaign and government staffs.

One of the smaller members of the raptor family, Mississippi kites are, by definition, birds of prey, although they stick mainly to June bugs and other insects. Be careful: The birds are known for swooping down, divebomber style, on humans (or pets) who get too close to nests.

At the invitation of the National Council of Churches in Korea, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., will deliver the opening prayer at a national vigil for peace next week at the Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ) during a week-long peace mission and speaking tour of the Korean Peninsula.

“There has to be community engagement on the sale of this campus,” said Ward Five alderman Andrew Proctor at a public meeting held Monday, July 16, regarding the sale of Springfield’s sprawling branch campus of Benedictine University, headquartered in Lisle.

The Kidzeum of Health and Science opens in downtown Springfield on Saturday, July 21. After years of planning and fundraising, the long-awaited children’s museum will at last be a reality. Kids are certain to have fun tickling a giant nose and making it sneeze.

Opening the Kidzeum has been a long journey with a winding path. In the end, it came full circle, with the Kidzeum opening in downtown Springfield just a few blocks from the original location of the Springfield Children’s Museum. In the intervening time, a lot has changed downtown.

Despite our president’s suspicion that global warming is a hoax, all-time high temperatures are being recorded across the world, from Denver to Montreal to Scotland to Oman to Pakistan. Temperatures in Northern Siberia have been soaring 40 degrees above normal.

What begins as an ordinary game night takes a dark turn when Matias (Colin Woodell) gets online with his friends Damon (Andrew Lees), Kelly (Chelsea Alden), Nari (Betty Gabriel), Lexx (Savira Windyani) and AJ (Connor Del Rio).

With a heavy heart we report the loss of another Springfield area musician as bassist Scott Leach of Rochester passed away at his home last week. Scott was in several bands during his years of playing and spent the last 20 years hanging out as a founding member of the Wolf Crick Boys with his dear friend and longtime cohort Greg “Lucky” Patterson.

Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters.

First off, the band is not from Rockford, Illinois, or any Rockford anywhere. The indie-rock quartet consists of high school students from Springfield (class of 2019) who named the band in honor of a friend whose family moved to Rockford, Illinois.

Jul 19-22, 25, 7pm Wed-Thu, 8pm Fri-Sat, 2pm Sun. A young woman’s quest to discover her father’s identity brings her back to the Greek island paradise they last visited 20 years ago. $20 adv; $30 day of; $22 seniors and children. atthelegacy.com. The Legacy Theatre, 101 E.

The Political Memorabilia Show and Sale offers attendees the opportunity to shop from 200-plus dealer tables featuring more than 500,000 political campaign buttons, posters, advertising, sports pin backs, protest and causerelated items, pop culture materials and more.

On July 21, bring your brood downtown to celebrate the grand opening of the Kidzeum of Health and Science. The fun begins with a “Kids Day” celebration at the Old Capitol Farmers Market from 7:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. A grand opening event for Kidzeum members only will take place from 9 to 10 a.

From July 23 through 25, aviation enthusiasts will have the opportunity to explore and/or fly aboard extremely-rare vintage WWII aircraft during the 110-city “Wings of Freedom Tour” hosted by The Collings Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit educational foundation devoted to direct audience participation in “living history” events.