Editorials

Thumbs-down: To a new policy from the Illinois High School Association that could affect player participation in high school football starti…

The campaign theme for Fire Prevention Week, which started Sunday, is simple: “Look, Listen and Learn.”

Thumbs-up: To the McHenry Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600 for giving the McHenry Elementary Education Foundation and McHenry School Distr…

Early voting has begun at the McHenry County Clerk’s office and will expand from Oct. 22 through Nov…

Note to readers: This editorial has been updated to clarify that the proposed fee for recording mortgages was revised to $56 after the Finan…

Thumbs-up: To police officer Chris Sanders, Crystal Lake Central High School’s school resource officer, who stepped in to help a 17-year-old…

Enrollment at Northern Illinois University now has declined in nine consecutive school years and is down 19 percent since 2013. This fall, i…

Thumbs-up: To informed decisions. A few weeks ago, Gov. Bruce Rauner unveiled a new website, ILCollege2Career.com, intended to give the stat…

Gov. Bruce Rauner proclaimed last Wednesday as National Blood Donation Day in Illinois. The effort coincides with the work of Dr. Daliah Wac…

Thumbs-up: To the 11 good Samaritans who helped rescue a woman from her car that had crashed into a retention pond off Interstate 90 in Hunt…