august 5
- Chicago crowds of 90,000 expected for Lollapalooza
- The aliens have landed...
- Why is basic cable bagging on Springfield?
- Casting for new fans of fishing
- City of Springfield accepting applications for police officers
- Catholic Charities' clinic gets machine to test for vision loss
- County board nixes plan to curb recent copper thefts
- State working on way to pay regional school superintendents
- ARDC investigating alleged extortion of Leland Grove attorney
- No repeat this year of state sales tax holiday
- More suspected victims emerge in alleged lawn-care fraud
- Money set aside to start Stanford Avenue extension
- Tough to shake craving for Mel-O-Creams
- Lack of confidence key to market drop, local analysts say
- Vote on women members of Motor Boat Club delayed at least 6 months
- Recession forcing more people to move in together, census suggests
- Quinn signs new law benefiting veteran-owned businesses
- Brother dies protecting sister in Decatur robbery
- Letter: Live up to safety promise
- Motor Boat Club tables proposal to allow women
- Part of Washington St. closing downtown to make room for crane
- Durbin appears on 'The Daily Show' to talk economy, war
- NASA launches spacecraft on 5-year trip to Jupiter
- Durbin: Regulate supplements that seem like food
- Man arrested in burglary
- Dave Ramsey: Personal Finance
- For the Record: Aug. 5
- Former WIU student sentenced for bomb threats
- Illinois weather experts call July 'extreme' month
- 75-year-old pilot explains encounter with F-16s over Chicago
- St. Joseph youth group volunteers in South Carolina
- Dealing with dementia
- Admitted murderer found dead in Illinois jail cell
- Macoupin County crash injures one
- Letter: NASCAR fans want coverage
- Unemployment rate dips, economy adds 117K jobs
- Letter: Dentists put in a tough spot
- Traffic lanes reduced Monday morning at Sixth and Adams
- 2 women dead, 1 wounded in home near Decatur
- Today's weather: Chance of a thunderstorm, high of 85
- Walsh: I'll privately fight child support claims
- Viola welcomed as new Ball Elementary School principal
- Unemployment remains stubbornly high
- Quinn appoints new director of Veterans' Affairs
- Honda recalling 1.5 million vehicles in U.S.
- Sliders win, remain half game behind
- Letter: Seniors getting picked on
- Letter: SHA needs more bang for buck
- Interspecies babysitting
- Fewer visitors at Chatham Railroad Museum
- Elizabeth Davies: Pregnant mom misses chivalry
- Granlund cartoon: Global economy sinking
- To do tonight: Watch 'A Lot Like Love'
- Today in the news: More evidence of water on Mars
- Movie review: Dominic Cooper excels in ‘Devil’s Double’
- Bernard Schoenburg: Simon urged balanced budget long ago
- Jared Olar: And the latest rotten Obamacare Easter egg is ...
- 2011 Country Living magazine: Natural beauty
- 50 Dishes by 50: Homemade hummus and tabbouleh
- Movie review: ‘Change-Up’ is on par with summer’s crass comedies
- Philip Maddocks: Ragtag Obama-led rebels finally surrender to tea party government
- No repeat this year of state sales tax holiday
- Movie review: Miranda July makes you want to look into ‘The Future’
- Benjamin Wachs: Jobless recovery? This is a 'personless' recovery
- Eric P. Bloom: Have an open-door policy? Make sure you’re inside
- Barry Wood: Why words that end in '-cracy' rule
- Diamond Dirt: Hall of Famer Jake Beckley is gone but not forgotten
- Looking Up: Moonlight and meteors
- Is your church participating in National Back to Church Sunday?
- Recipe: Balsamic vinaigrette
- Granlund cartoon: Wall Street nausea
- Recipes that avoid heating the kitchen in summer
- Author keeps cooking traditions alive in “Black Iron and Cajun?Spice"
- Recipe: Homemade Frozen Fruit Pops
- Movie Man: 'Insidious' sadly lacking in scares
- Movie review: You'll go bananas for ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’
- The Readers' Writers: Entrepreneur and author Anthony Scaramucci
- What beer will you drink in celebration of International Beer Day?
- Michael Winship: When the super-rich cry ‘Class warfare!’
- Morning Minutes: Aug. 5