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  • Our View: No reason not to vote

    As of Thursday, there are 40 days left until Nov. 8, otherwise known this year as Election Day.But y ...
    Sept. 29, 2016 - 5:30 am

  • From the Editor's Desk: Adult brains today are more aware of kids' brains

    You can’t and shouldn’t encase your kids in bubble wrap, but parents today rightfully worry about concussions far more than previous generations did.
    Sept. 29, 2016 - 12:37 am

  • Reeder: Don't expect election to make you happy

    SPRINGFIELD – On Monday nights, my family cleans the house.Usually we listen to whatever cartoons ou ...
    Sept. 28, 2016 - 5:30 am

  • Letter: Trump's words cause ripple effect

    To the Editor:My granddaughter experienced something no 11-year-old should. She is a beautiful birac ...
    Sept. 28, 2016 - 5:30 am

  • Letter: Zettler a proven leader

    To the Editor:Why do political action committees with no vested interest in our community viciously ...
    Sept. 28, 2016 - 5:30 am

  • Our View: Policy takes backseat to attacks

    Recent polls have shown that more than half the electorate holds a negative view of both Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.
    Sept. 28, 2016 - 5:30 am

  • Letter: Walkup has history of supporting taxes, big government

    To the Editor:Michael Walkup is a big-spending liberal who is for larger government and higher prope ...
    Sept. 28, 2016 - 5:30 am

  • Letter: Franks promotes falsehoods

    To the Editor:Jack Franks is a career politician who continually has been deceiving residents to win ...
    Sept. 28, 2016 - 5:30 am

  • Oliver: Short attention span leads to hobby hang-up

    When the weather starts to change from summer to fall, my thoughts often turn to crafting. Thoughts of knitting or crocheting or quilting or whatever ...
    Sept. 28, 2016 - 12:07 am

  • From the Editor's Desk: Corporations would make bad governments and vice versa

    A stupefying notion pops up each election cycle that should be beaten senseless with the spine of a seventh-grade civics textbook, but it always seems ...
    Sept. 28, 2016 - 12:05 am

  • Letter: Trans-Pacific Partnership vital to success of Illinois farmers

    To the Editor:As a farmer in Kane County, I know just how important it is to find new markets for th ...
    Sept. 27, 2016 - 5:30 am

  • Letter: No Christian Democrats

    To the Editor:There is no such thing as a Christian Democrat.The Rev. Scott K Barrettsmith Sr.Spring ...
    Sept. 27, 2016 - 5:30 am

  • Better off than 8 years ago

    To the Editor:Are you better off now than eight years ago? The answer: yes, GOP, and not with any of ...
    Sept. 27, 2016 - 5:30 am

  • Miller: No political advantage to compromise

    Since his inauguration, Gov. Bruce Rauner consciously has aped Washington, D.C.’s notoriously noxious battle to “win” the daily media spin cycle. Raun ...
    Sept. 27, 2016 - 5:30 am

  • From the Editor's Desk: No hiding from domestic violence

    Sometimes, we excuse ourselves from particular social problems and blame them on cultural factors, urban issues or plights that don’t touch our commun ...
    Sept. 27, 2016 - 12:07 am

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