Newsiness

• Kari Njiiri of NEPR (so are we not saying “WFCR” anymore? I’m always to last to know these things) reports on a $100,000 federal grant the Springfield schools just received for a super-sounding project: creating gardens in city schools. •...

Who's Up for a Debate?

Well, we’ve reached that point in the election season when the challengers call for candidates’ debates and the incumbents nervously try to avoid eye contact with anyone even broaching the idea. Earlier this week, Justin Hurst, a candidate for an at-large...

Give Food, Give Thanks

It’s that time of year when Bax & O’Brien show that, all evidence from the other 362.83 days of the year notwithstanding, they are, in fact, real sweethearts. At six o’clock this morning, the Rock 102 pair kicked off the 2013 “Mayflower...

The Parading Dead

Listen, I don’t quite get the whole zombie mania; give me a moody, tortured werewolf any day. But the people have spoken, and they love their spooky guys with decaying flesh and a taste for brains. If you’re on board with the whole zombie thing, check out...

Cathedral Kids Call on Diocese to Rebuild

A group of Cathedral High School students has launched an on-line petition calling on the Springfield Diocese to rebuild the school at its long-time home on Surrey Road. Cathedral’s campus was badly damaged by the freak tornado that hit the city in June of 2011....