Anyone catch the report in the Springfield Journal-Register about how Paul McCartney was spotted in Springfield at a Circle K gas station, driving a 1989 Ford Bronco.
Hell, he posed for photographs. But I thought it was a lookalike, and the newspaper the victim of a pretty good prank.
Apparently not:
Former Beatle Paul McCartney and girlfriend Nancy [...]

While I have yet to see an announcement on the Journal Star’s Website (perhaps I missed it), the Springfield’s GateHouse Media newspaper is keeping its readers informedof the coming changes, with a nice long story detailng what is coming:
The State Journal-Register’s Web site will look different when you log on Tuesday night. Sj-r.com will change [...]

State Journal-Register political columnist Bernie Schoenburg puts Aaron Schock’s campaign ad claim of  “passing” 18 pieces of legislation during his two terms in the Illinois House of Representatives. Schoenburg points out that Schock’s definition of “passing” is somewhat generous. But the article as a whole is kind to Schock’s ’cause. I’m thinking the average reader [...]

A regular commenter noticed the following:
This is the last graf of the SJ-R story on their new publisher. I wonder if Jack Brimeyer got the same deal. It makes the three Springfield departures seem less ominous, too:
A revised version of the paragraph:
Scott Champion, co-president and chief operating officer for GateHouse Media Inc., revealed during the [...]

Via a press release:
Springfield, IL- Jim McConoughey, candidate for the Republican nomination to succeed Congressman Ray LaHood in the 18th Congressional District, announced today that, if elected, he will keep open the District Offices LaHood currently utilizes to deliver constituent services to the public.
“We have an amazing tradition of service in the 18th, dating back [...]

The State Journal Register is losing its top three bosses:
Publisher Sue Schmitt, editor Barry Locher and managing editor Robert Pope each cited personal and professional reasons in notices to the newspaper staff today. Each also said the decisions were voluntary and were reached independently.
“We know our positions on the newspaper’s masthead give us more visibility [...]

Journal Star readers hungry for coverage of the issues in the 18th District might want to start reading the State Journal Register. Political columnist Bernard Schoenberg tried to get Aaron Schock to name even one of the ‘knowledgeable people” who advised Schock that it was a good idea to advocate selling nuclear weapons to Taiwan. [...]

Kudos to Marie Carnes for linking to a group of media-central articles in the the Illinois Times, Springfield’s intelligent alternative weekly newspaper. I enjoyed the piece on the State Journal Register under GateHouse Media and on how low salaries affect area television stations. For years, I’ve hated the fact that Springfield has a decent alternative [...]

I am stunned to read this report in the Springfield Journal-Register:
“Tough.” That was Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin’s response Sunday when pressed about why it took officials two hours Saturday to release information to the public about the power plant explosions and possible dangers to the community.
Tough? “It’s the best we could do. Tough,” Davlin reiterated.
Davlin [...]

There was a huge explosion in Springfield yesterday, and long-time blog-buddy Marie Carnes liveblogged it. It’s a miss of personal observations, posting data as it comes in from broadcast media. At least one commenter from San Diego was using her blog to keep track of updated information.

Are we to assume that because the list of people who filed petitions to run for for local office is strikingly similar to earlier election years ballots that people are happy with their government and aren’t outraged enough to run? Many of the Statehouse candidates — including Peoria’s Rep. David Leitch (R-73rd District) will be [...]

I chatted briefly with Jehan Gordan a few minutes ago. She’s the Illinois Central College administrator who (along with Allen Mayer) ’s running for the Democratic nomination for the state legislature seat now held by Aaron Schock.
She made the mistake of calling at the exact same moment I was having some database issues following a [...]

A “news advisory” from the Jim McConoughey for Congress campaign:
Jim McConoughey, a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 18th Congressional District, will be holding a series of News Conferences on Wednesday (October 24, 2007). McConoughey will be discussing his Rural Initiatives on which he will focus if he is elected to fill the [...]

Wow. Just this morning, I left a comment at Rich Miller’s site about how I was worried that by not replacing workers who leave, GateHouse Media was making it harder to practice newspaper journalism at the Peoria Journal Star.
Now comes this news at one of the Journal Star’s sister papers:
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Springfield’s daily [...]

So says this excellent blogger from Springfield (check out the sidebar).
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