Getting around Illinois Sunday will be difficult on one of the year’s busiest travel days.… MORE
Getting around Illinois Sunday will be difficult on one of the year’s busiest travel days.… MORE
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is sending his office’s police force to shopping malls across the state to catch people who are illegally parking in spots reserved for the disabled.… MORE
With millions of travelers traversing Illinois roadways this Thanksgiving, Illinois State Police are reminding motorists to drive safely.… MORE
Fried or smoked turkey is delicious.… MORE
State Rep. Keith Sommer is making his first public comments since winning re-election to another term representing the 88th District in the Illinois House.… MORE
“When I grow up, I want to be lieutenant governor,” said probably no child ever. But the person who will take that post in January says it’s an important one.… MORE
As a nation, we may not have fully made peace with ourselves on Vietnam, even a half century after those who served came home.… MORE
Three communities in the Rockford area have landed at the top of a list of healthiest housing markets in the state.… MORE
The bad news about the veterans’ home in Quincy keeps on coming, but lawmakers are trying to give the families of those who died of Legionnaires’ disease some good news.… MORE
Speaking from a wheelchair, Michelle Garcia of Access Living pleaded for an override of the governor’s veto of the VOICES Act, which protects the undocumented when they report crimes.… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…