Column: Judge’s ruling is vindication for Waukegan clerk
Janet Kilkelly, who has spent 40 years in the public eye, strongly pleaded innocent to what some saw as overcharging for an alleged white-collar crime.
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Column: Anonymous handbills in Waukegan a bold move by bigots
Flyers such as those distributed on Nov. 17 are especially egregious in a city with a majority Hispanic population made up of industrious folks.
Column: Lake County needs wider roads before more roundabouts
For LakeDOT officials, the pros outweigh the cons. That means roundabouts will mushroom as the engineers look to plop them into likely intersections to allay road congestion, drop operational costs...
Column: Downstaters want to secede from Illinois
Of course, they are tilting at windmills. The Illinois and U.S. Constitutions prohibit secession, which our fellow citizens may remember touched off the Civil War.
Column: Wastewater district officials flushed with pride after more than century of service
The NSWRD is one of those quasi-governmental agencies that does its business with a mainly stellar record and little fanfare, cleaning 50 million gallons of sewage daily. It’s a messy...
Column: Rocky road ahead for journalists in the world of Trump 2.0
The roundups of coastal media elites, cable pundits and late-night talk-show hosts, they fear, will begin once the 47th president takes office on Jan. 20. I jest, maybe.
Column: Wanna bet gamblers are among those whining about inflation?
In the end, it seems higher rents and grocery prices, including “shrinkflation” -- charging the same price for less product -- overrode all the other issues Vice President Kamala Harris...
Column: Voting cycle continues unabated with ‘25 Lake County primaries
Overlooked with all the current presidential hoopla are the Feb. 25, 2025 primary elections in Waukegan, Waukegan Township and North Chicago.
Column: Leaving Illinois becoming a worrisome trend
According to U.S. Census Bureau data, 297,005 of our friends and neighbors left for other states last year; while 203,758 residents moved into Illinois from other states.
Column: Waukegan snubbed when it comes to the avant-garde
Yet to ignore Waukegan’s avant-garde community is a shame. The city goes out of its way to support, foster and nourish artistic free spirits, along with the offbeat.