Editorials

There he was again Wednesday, standing in front of his home in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood, as deluded and self-pitying as ever: disgr…

Thumbs-up: To a hot start for a new local music festival. Organizers of the inaugural Rise Up Music Fest in McHenry said this week that they…

Thumbs-up: To a plan to curtail the use of red-light cameras. A proposal by state Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, that would reduc…

Thumbs-up: To the Woodstock Square being back in the spotlight. It was pretty exciting to see Bill Murray and other cast members back on the…

Thumbs-up: To saving public funds with renewable energy. Huntley School District 158 said this week it plans a March activation for the firs…

The message from the Algonquin Township Republican Party on Martin Luther King Jr. Day wasn’t about civil rights, equality or other American…

Thumbs-up: To news cameras documenting McHenry County court proceedings. This week, news organizations including the Northwest Herald were o…

Thumbs-up: To the McHenry County Board, for voting, 15-7-1, to allow the taxpayers to decide whether the McHenry County Coroner’s Office sho…

Ten years ago, California’s parole board sparked a muted controversy when they denied parole to a killer who was dying of cancer and whose l…

The big plans that the owner of Jessup Manufacturing Co. had for industrial property in McHenry may have to be scaled back after a requested…