Law & Order column: Man to remain in jail in mother-killing case By Clifford Ward November 7, 2025 at 11:02 a.m. Lake County prosecutors asked the judge to hold Kenneth Rixie, 29, after he was charged...
Column: A year later, are President Trump’s supporters happy? By Charles Selle November 5, 2025 at 10:41 a.m. Are those who voted for the president happy with what’s evolved since the 2024 election...
Column: President Trump’s Asia trip was positive, promising By Arthur I. Cyr November 4, 2025 at 12:59 p.m. The promising cooperative agreements reached are especially noteworthy given the tone of nationalism and confrontation...
Column: Gas tax cash gets siphoned for mass transit bill By Charles Selle November 3, 2025 at 11:27 a.m. Losers in the massive $1.5 billion package enacted to avoid the so-called “financial cliff” for...
Law & Order column: Former officer gets 60 days in assault By Clifford Ward October 31, 2025 at 10:25 a.m. Dante Salinas was also sentenced to 24 months of probation, fines and 100 hours of...
Column: Lake County companies already have ‘skin in the game’ By Charles Selle October 29, 2025 at 10:44 a.m. For communities, businesses are their golden geese. They pay taxes, provide jobs and usually give...
Column: Pentagon efforts to censor media are misguided By Arthur I. Cyr October 28, 2025 at 3:18 p.m. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has decreed that news outlets are to sign a pledge...
Outdoors column: Shrubs, understory trees colorful in autumn By Sheryl De Vore October 28, 2025 at 10:26 a.m. Horticulturist Michael Dirr, author of “Dirr’s Hardy Trees and Shrubs,” calls the hues “shades of...
Column: McClure’s Garage in Gurnee turns 115 By Charles Selle October 27, 2025 at 10:38 a.m. Through two world wars, the Great Depression and several recessions, the bright white cinder-block building...
Law & Order column: Lake County agencies call on their K-9s By Clifford Ward October 24, 2025 at 11:13 a.m. Meanwhile, Zion police say their new K-9 Creed is training for duty at the TOPS...