Column: Governor needs to shake up DCFS By Charles Selle March 25, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. With income tax day less than a month away, we might consider withholding that part...
Column: CBS Ends Radio News as Upheaval Continues By Arthur Cyr March 25, 2026 at 8:45 a.m. “We recognize that this is a difficult time for those who will be leaving CBS...
Column: Ailing Vista Health needs a public takeover By Charles Selle March 23, 2026 at 1:35 p.m. The sad saga of Vista Health System continues unabated with only one outcome in the...
Column: Not everything is pleasant about pickleball By Charles Selle February 23, 2026 at 11:38 a.m. The bar has been set in one of the nation’s fastest-growing sports, which is played...
Law & Order column: Lake County K-9s had busy year, report says By Clifford Ward February 20, 2026 at 6:43 a.m. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office released a 2025 roundup of stats related to the department’s...
Outdoors column: Nature has its own Olympians By Sheryl DeVore February 18, 2026 at 5:03 p.m. Some birds, insects and spiders in northern Illinois deserve medals of their own.
Column: Marco Rubio deserved NATO conference standing ovation By Arthur I. Cyr February 18, 2026 at 11:46 a.m. He gave special emphasis to shared cultural heritage and commitment to the rule of law.
Column: Lake County was important to the Rev. Jesse Jackson By Charles Selle February 18, 2026 at 10:38 a.m. He made a number of trips to the county in the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s...
Law & Order column: Event set to remember Round Lake Beach boy By Clifford Ward February 13, 2026 at 12:13 p.m. The event is scheduled for Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Round Lake Beach Cultural...
Column: Appeals court redeems Waukegan clerk’s good name By Charles Selle February 13, 2026 at 10:52 a.m. Two Illinois courts have now ruled that the case was shallow from the get-go.
Column: State needs a commemorative President U.S. Grant Day By Charles Selle February 11, 2026 at 12:31 p.m. Grant resided in the Driftless Area of northwest Illinois from spring 1860, following his first...
Column: New operator found for troubled North Point Marina By Charles Selle February 9, 2026 at 10:54 a.m. Headquartered in Winthrop Harbor, Skipper Bud’s apparently will replace Suntex Marinas as operator at the...
Law & Order column: Charges filed against Gurnee rampage suspect By Clifford Ward February 6, 2026 at 10:24 a.m. Gurnee police announced that the charges have been filed against Katelyn A. Harmon, 25, of...