By Lana Shovlin Damond Boatwright, 49, became president and CEO of Hospital Sisters Health System in June, making him both the first man and African American to hold the top administrator position. Before coming to Springfield, Boatwright served as the regional president of operations and chair of the hospital board at SSM Health Wisconsin near […]
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Brown, Hay & Stephens to merge with Decatur law firm
By Lana Shovlin In 1828, an attorney named John Todd Stuart opened a law firm in downtown Springfield. The practice was a success, and over the years it has employed some of Springfield’s finest attorneys, including our beloved Abraham Lincoln. In 1921, the firm underwent a name change and evolved into Brown, Hay & Stephens, […]
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A Q&A with Dr. W.G. Robinson-McNeese
By Lana Shovlin Dr. Wesley Robinson-McNeese has been a soldier and a student, a pastor and a physician. He grew up in East St. Louis and tried college after graduating high school, but ultimately joined the military and was sent to Vietnam. At the age of 30, he returned to college and then graduated from […]
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A Q&A with Evelyn Brandt Thomas
By Lana Shovlin The Brandt name is well-known to area residents, if only from seeing it on the side of the large office building at the corner of Koke Mill and Hedley Road. Others may know of the company due to its sponsorship of NASCAR driver Justin Allgaier, a Riverton native. But rarely would an […]