There’s only one place where you can make a Chicago hot dog, says one of the owners of Vienna Beef.… MORE
There’s only one place where you can make a Chicago hot dog, says one of the owners of Vienna Beef.… MORE
The state’s economic growth continues.… MORE
A birthday celebration, complete with cake, honored the 53rd anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid being signed into law.… MORE
The Republican candidate for Illinois Attorney General pledges her independence despite Gov. Bruce Rauner’s endorsement.… MORE
We’re one week away from the 2018 Illinois State Fair.… MORE
While members of both parties can be accused of sexual harassment, Gov. Bruce Rauner says it’s House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) who created and enabled that culture.… MORE
Three years after the death of a 13-year-old girl from Elmhurst, she’s still inspiring state laws about the use of Epi-Pens.… MORE
If you want to honor the memory of fallen police officers, the Illinois Lottery will have a way for you to do it.… MORE
Firefighters rushed to the scene of a grain elevator explosion in Eureka early Monday morning, but there were no injuries.… MORE
Illinois crop condition reports are good, but that’s not the whole story in determining the first yield forecast, out a week from Friday.… 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…