Today I covered a high school football game in Breese Ill. The last 20 minutes of my drive I enjoyed a beautiful yellow sunset through the rear view mirror of my car. I kept hoping I would get to my…

The last things I thought I’d see this morning while hunting for fog pictures in East St. Louis were Segways. But there they were, occupied by members of the Metro East Park and Recreation District riding down the Malcolm W.…

I’m a big believer in the old photojournalist’s adage, ‘arrive early and stay late’.  As photographers we push ourselves and others to get to an assignment before it starts and stay after it ends because you just never know what…

James Madkins, 59, of Washington Park, Ill. stretches before he begins his fifty-nine laps.

Photography in the Village of Washington Park, Illinois was a challenge for me. It is a community that in some respects seems as if the world…

If you were driving on the Clark Bridge in Alton, Ill, last week between 10 a.m and 11 a.m., you probably saw a strange man spinning in a circle. Well, that was me, and just wanted to let you know…

Marie Grimm, 7, a first grader at Parkview Elementary, heads home after looking over flowers left for the Coleman family in front of their home. Marie goes to the same school the Coleman boys attended.

Heading to a tip last night…

When the history of Barack Obama’s rise to President of the United States is done much of the writing about his early political career will focus on his time as state senator in Illinois.  Too bad I can’t go back into…

Arriving in Springfield at 7:15 a.m., the morning Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was scheduled to introduce his long-awaited vice presidential pick, Joe Biden of Delaware. I was not there early enough to get a first-come, first-served spot on the…