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A screenshot of data retrieved Jan. 14, 2022, from the Illinois Department of Public Health website shows daily cases of COVID-19 near a high compared to other points since the pandemic began in early 2020.

Column: Omicron strains Southland hospital workers. ‘We’re all exhausted.’

January 14, 2022 at 2:18 p.m.

People who want to survive the pandemic and protect others should get booster shots along with two vaccine doses, wear face masks and keep a safe distance from others whenever...

A sign directs people to an early-voting polling place Oct. 16, 2020, at the Cook County 6th District Courthouse in Markham.

Column: Illinois Supreme Court orders visitors be able to bring cellphones into all courthouses

January 13, 2022 at 1:05 p.m.

Court officials in Cook and Will counties are reviewing policies about the use of cellphones and other portable electronic devices in courthouses and courtrooms. Policy changes will soon allow visitors...

Property owner Randy Pertler, from left, and developer Thomas Cachey talk with Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson Wednesday as the once lavish home of former NBA star Ken Norman is demolished at 19020 S. Kedzie Ave.

Column: Flossmoor bids farewell to once lavish home of former NBA star Ken Norman as demolition begins

January 13, 2022 at 8:20 a.m.

Flossmoor officials gathered Wednesday to witness the demolition of a once-lavish home of a former NBA star. Basketball great Ken Norman once owned the home at 19020 S. Kedzie Ave.,...

Students at the Mount Greenwood Elementary School in Chicago depart after a full day of classes Monday.

Column: Politics cloud school decisions about safety of in-person learning during pandemic

January 11, 2022 at 2:46 p.m.

There are no easy answers in the debate over whether it is safe to send children back to school as omicron surges during this phase of the pandemic. People on...

Election judges Christina Showalter, a Naperville Republican, and Terry Jamison, a Bolingbrook Democrat, process mail-in ballots during a central count Oct. 10, 2020, at the Will County clerk's office in Joliet.

Column: Will County clerk vouches for election integrity amid lies about widespread voting fraud

January 7, 2022 at 4:22 p.m.

Despite what you might have heard, foreign agents are unable to remotely manipulate ballot counting equipment to change or delete votes in U.S. elections. Contrary to popular belief, states did...

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush announces Tuesday that he will not run for reelection this year, ending 30 years in Congress. Rush, 75, made his announcement at Bronzeville's Roberts Temple Church of God In Christ where the funeral for Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in Mississippi, was held in 1955.

Column: Here’s hoping Bobby Rush’s successor serves entire district, not just Chicago

January 6, 2022 at 1:41 p.m.

I hope the person who wins Bobby Rush's seat in Congress represents the entire 1st District of Illinois and not just the urban part. That's a nice way of saying...

Supporters of former President Donald Trump attack the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

Column: Jan. 6 anniversary offers hope that majority rule will prevail, members of Congress say

January 5, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.

Donald Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol a year ago intended to kill elected representatives to stop them from certifying the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, a member...

Frank Zuccarelli, a Thornton Township committeeman, discusses why he and seven other Cook County 6th District Democratic Committee members selected Ed Moody to fill Joan Patricia Murphy's seat on the county board Oct. 8, 2016.

Column: Communities mourn sudden loss of ‘old school’ politician Frank Zuccarelli, 70

January 4, 2022 at 2:09 p.m.

Frank Zuccarelli, longtime Thornton Township supervisor and Democratic Party committeeman who chaired the South Suburban College Board, wielded the sort of political power that commanded respect from top figures in...

Food4Less occupies a building at 1000 E. Sibley Boulevard, Dolton.

Column: Dolton board ignores mayor’s concerns, gives developer more TIF funds

December 30, 2021 at 2:12 p.m.

Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard thinks her cash-strapped village could do better than to continue paying $350,000 a year in taxpayer funds to a developer. "They haven't brought anything into this...

Roger Agpawa, at podium, speaks during a rally April 25 at Markham City Hall. Agpawa was re-elected mayor, though an appellate court has ruled he was ineligible to hold municipal office due to a felony conviction.

Column: Review of year’s columns shows politics, crime and taxes among top Southland stories in 2021

December 29, 2021 at 3:14 p.m.

Between the pandemic and the perilous state of our democratic republic, many would probably like to quickly forget 2021. I reviewed nearly 200 columns written during 2021, covering such topics...

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