Karen Witter

Two baseball-related exhibits are now on display on the second floor of the Sangamon County Building. These coincide with the inaugural season of the Women’s Professional Baseball League and games being played at Springfield’s Robin Roberts Stadium. One tells the story of 100 years of women’s baseball and softball in Sangamon County from 1875—1975. The other features Springfield artist Rod Buffington’s unique artistic representations of seven major league baseball stadiums and other memorabilia.

Advocates for increasing the compensation for people wrongfully convicted celebrated a major victory on July 14, the day Gov. JB Pritzker signed HB 3663. The new law removes the cap on compensation by the state and allows the Court of Claims to award exonorees up to $50,000 for each year wrongfully imprisoned. The bill passed the Illinois General Assembly unanimously in the final hours of the spring session after years of advocacy. Exonorees and their families joined the bill’s sponsors, state Sen.

Springfield members of the Daughters of the American Revolution gathered near the carillon in Washington Park at 5 p.m. on July 8 read out loud the Declaration of Independence, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the first public reading of this founding document.