County’s immigrant roots are deep, widespread
German, Palestinian, Chinese, South African, English, Haitian, French, Irish, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Jamaican, Polish, Indian, Lithuan…
Lincoln is the uniter for our divided state
SPRINGFIELD — Tuesday is my birthday, and it’s also Abraham Lincoln’s.If you grow up in Illinois sha…
Record temps make for good time to look at scoring records
This wacky winter weather we’ve been having has given the old sports editor some time to bring out the record books.
Another ‘Con-Con’ might be good but won’t happen
Twenty-nineteen is the golden anniversary of the last Illinois Constitutional Convention, in 1969. This year also notes the half-century mar…
Baby, it’s cold outside
Since Thanksgiving, we have just kinda cruised around and the weather hasn’t been too bad. But last week and this week, we have found out wh…
Unsavory, undemocratic process of filling vacancies
SPRINGFIELD — In case you haven’t figured it out, some politicians hold the people who elected them in contempt.
Beware of scammers and fraudulent schemes
I don’t want to say that New Year’s Eve is just another day — obviously that isn’t the case — but my husband and I usually spend the day and…
Pritzker’s positive personality a plus for both parties
I missed J.B. Pritzker’s recent impromptu speech to a gathering of Republicans by a few minutes. But the fact that Pritzker even stopped by …
Three cheers for CWU and The Closet
Last year was a mighty fine year for The Closet resale shop, operated by Church Women United.The wom…
When you’re called to take a ‘Walk,’ you go!
“Earlene, you have been chosen to be the lay director of the spring Women’s Walk to Emmaus weekend.”
Three resolutions broken; still trying to be kind
I will come clean. I have broken the resolutions I made already. There were only three.Nevertheless,…
