Dr. Larry Golden is a founding member and Director of the Illinois Innocence Project at the University of Illinois Springfield, and current Professor…

Karen Witter is a freelance writer for the Illinois Times and the former President of the Rotary Club. She moved to Springfield from Morton, IL, and…

Shawna Harris is the supervisor of St. John’s Breadline in Springfield, Illinois. Her organization provided over two hundred thousand nutritious meals…

University of Illinois Springfield graduate Kayla Ross traveled back to central Illinois as the new 2019 Miss Black Illinois. Ross’ watched pageants since…

The media landscape in the Springfield area is highly competitive, and traditional media such as print and broadcast have faced major challenges in the…

Earlier this month, there was a series of earthquakes that struck California, but there are also ones that tend to hit closer to home. The closest fault…

Last year, Chenoa Alamu, a talented violinist from the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, started a podcast called Black, White, and in Color, to speak about…

Being community-minded comes fairly easily for Bill Legge. He’s the executive director of the boys and girls club, and more recently, the owner of the…

Raychel Yokem is the human resource business partner at Horace Mann. Her job includes working with the executives in making decisions to help them make…

Derek Leonard is the football coach for Rochester High School and has won seven state championships in eight years. “I like to be with kids and be around…