Move on
No one wants a repeat of 15 years ago, when Michael Moffett, recently released from prison after stabbing his father and violating parole, was found frozen under the Clearlake overpass. Helping Hands was full, and Salvation Army had told him that, after 30 days, he needed to leave.

Losing Mom
As she breathed slowly, shallowly, my dad cried out, “Save a place for me in heaven.” Tears fell down the face of my sister, who sat at the foot of the bed. We watched 79 years of life and an 11-year battle with breast cancer come to an end..

Who are feds targeting?
The Illinois Senate recently released a heavily redacted copy of the federal search warrant served during the raid of Sen. Martin Sandoval’s Statehouse office last month. And the Village of McCook also released a heavily redacted search warrant from the federal raid of its town hall.

LETTERS
BUILD ON OUR HISTORY Last week’s cover story (“All charged up,” Oct. 3) had me comparing Springfield to Bloomington/Normal – again. In 2017, McLean County’s planning director spoke to Inner City Older Neighborhoods (ICON) about the true cost of urban sprawl.

Whale of a sale
Auctioneer Kurt Aumann can’t recollect exactly when he was summoned to the FBI building in Springfield to pick up a load – bankruptcy court documents indicate it was sometime last year, when estate trustee Jeffrey Richardson reported that he and an auctioneer had picked up more than 70 boxes from the feds.

OSAKA CASE DECIDED
The owner of Osaka, a Japanese restaurant on Wabash Avenue, might be relying on Grubhub for awhile after being sentenced to six months of home confinement for tax evasion. The sentence entered against Chu Chuk Cheung on Oct. 1 by U.S.

MONEY BACK IF NOT DELIGHTED
Before we know it, leaves will turn, it’ll be dark by supper and frost will be on pumpkins, if not inside homes, which are getting tougher to keep warm without taking out second mortgages. City Water, Light and Power wants to help, and so the city’s utility is making an offer no one should be able to refuse.

THE TOP CENSORED STORIES AND MEDIA ANALYSIS OF 2018–2019
Every year, Project Censored scours the landscape for the most important stories that the mainstream corporate media somehow missed, and every year the task seems to get a bit stranger. Or “curiouser and curiouser” as suggested in the subtitle of this year’s volume of their work, Censored 2020: Through The Looking Glass,.

Small town with big plans for GROWING GROCERIES
Market on the Hill in downtown Mt. Pulaski will open in the spring of 2020 and will feature locally grown fruits and vegetables, locally produced meats, and staple grocery items to serve consumers in the southern Logan County area.

Making an art gallery out of Enos Park
A giant paper spiderweb containing an oversized morning glory flower covering the front of an abandoned house. A series of synchronized video monitors flashing various leisure activity options from an upper porch. A palm frond waving maniacally at passersby from a storefront window.

Springfield-grown mushrooms
Now that cooler fall temperatures have finally set in, foodies in the know will soon be enjoying one of autumn’s most delectable seasonal offerings. Wild mushrooms pop up seemingly overnight in local woodlands and farm fields, waiting to be plucked by an experienced mushroom hunter and taken home to be fried in butter or stirred into savory soups.

Gemini Man: New age visuals clash with old-school script
While watching any movie, viewers should never be conscious of the process that goes into its making. No matter what the film, an illusion of reality – whatever “reality” said production has adopted – should be established and maintained throughout. Nary a thought should be given as to how an effect has been achieved or a stunt has been performed.

ISM, LMG, DFV & BB
Here comes the second Thursday of the month, which tells me there is a concert happening at the Illinois State Museum for the Music at the Museum concert series. October’s selection, booked by host and folk musician-songwriter Chris Vallillo, is Canadian singer-songwriter Noah Derksen.

LIVE MUSIC
Frank Trompeter Art Show Intermissions.

BAND SPOTLIGHT | Fairly Odd Duo
This husband and wife combo of J.B. and Michelle Faires keeps the sounds fresh and energetic, pulling from the folk/Americana/pop vein while concentrating on familiar songs not often covered by other acts. J.B.

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS | Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular
Be sure to put the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular on your list of must-do fall festivals. About 2,000 handcarved pumpkins will be displayed and illuminated at the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon on the evening of Friday, Oct. 18.

THE CALENDAR
Terror on Washington St. Haunted House.

THEATER | A musical with a rollicking bluegrass score
Written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star.