This Christmas, you could have a miniature Governor’s Mansion hanging from your tree.… MORE
This Christmas, you could have a miniature Governor’s Mansion hanging from your tree.… MORE
Politically, it is good to have veterans on your side, and that is what Betsy Dirksen Londrigan is trying to accomplish.… MORE
Republican candidate for State Comptroller, Darlene Senger, said incumbent Democrat Susana Mendoza can’t have it both ways.… MORE
The speakers at an interfaith vigil outside the state Capitol Thursday faced a colorful sea of umbrellas, as the rain could not keep away a couple of hundred who wanted to defy the hatred shown by the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman five days earlier.… MORE
It was as if the slaughter of 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue last Saturday happened next door.… MORE
The Catholic Diocese of Peoria, which covers McLean County, is ordering three retired priests to step down from public ministry due to what it said were “credible allegations” of sexual abuse of a minor.… MORE
It’s not often U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and President Trump agree. Revoking “birthright citizenship” is not an exception.… MORE
If you’re looking to snag the perfect house at the end of the buying season, know that your real estate agent isn’t required to find out if the house is haunted for you.… MORE
In their final face-to-face meeting, the major party candidates for the open Illinois Attorney General seat showcased different priorities, but said they would remain independent even after their campaigns were largely funded by the two rich men running for Illinois governor.… MORE
Our good neighbors to the northwest shared some strategies and experiences about getting Illinois closer to zero fatalities.… 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…