Education and community development are longstanding priorities for organizers of this year's expanded Juneteenth Day celebration. "Galveston is the home of Juneteenth, but Springfield is.
It's difficult to find a place for coffee open at 5 in the afternoon on a Monday in Springfield; Starbucks had to do. But on the walk to meet Ward 6 Alderwoman
In a wide-ranging interview Thursday, former Lincoln Library director Summer Beck-Griffith talked about administration claims about her degree and the future of the library.