Editor’s note

The Best of Springfi eld, bigger and bester than ever, took up all our space in this week’s print edition, beginning on page 8. But go to our new website for breaking news and investigative reporting, plus more arts and entertainment. Here’s some of what you’ll fi nd at illinoistimes.com:

• Sangamon County officials this month announced that the county has hired a forensic pathologist to conduct death investigations, but they didn’t say that the doctor has a history of alcohol abuse and arrests that has prompted scrutiny from authorities in other states. An Illinois Times exclusive by Bruce Rushton.

• A plea deal may be in the works for an accused child killer who was charged with murder after prosecutors determined that former coroner Susan Boone, who resigned after top county offi cials said they’d lost faith in her work, had botched the case.

• You’ll fi nd a complete schedule for the Nov. 1 and 2 Route 66 Film Festival, featured on our cover last week.

• Check out IT’s new website itself, which works better on all those devices where you play and work these days. Besides a cleaner, sleeker look, it’s interconnected to Facebook. You can like and share articles and track what your friends or others are reading/sharing/saying. You can tweet, pin, Google+ stuff. It’s easier to comment on what you like and don’t, and you can post photos and links with your events. –Fletcher Farrar, editor and publisher