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Community rallies to aid residents left homeless by DeKalb arson fires
July 22, 2019

When the lower level room at DeKalb’s Family Service Agency on Sycamore Road opened on the morning of Friday, July 19, it was packed with clothing and shoes, dry food and sundries…
Leavitt: Going back where you came from is just a pleasant stroll down Memory Lane
July 18, 2019

Young again! I feel like I have been propelled back to the halcyon days of yesteryear, when I hear once more the ring of plain speaking throughout the land, as I did as a child. “Go…
Probe continues in DeKalb apartment fires
July 15, 2019

The area around Ridgebrook Apartments in the 800 block of Ridge Drive was quieter than usual Friday. No residents were in sight, the parking lot was empty and entry doors to the three-story…
Leavitt: The wheels on the bus roll over Joe Biden
July 3, 2019

When Kamala Harris and Joe Biden are in the same room, the one who’s most old-fashioned is not necessarily 77-year-old Biden. Anyone who wants to go back to the days before we knew…

Illinois Republican lawmaker to introduce death penalty bill

August 18, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — A Republican state lawmaker is calling for the resurrection of the death penalty in Illinois after two mass shootings in the U.S. and recent gun violence in Chicago….

Pritzker touts expanded coverage of EpiPens, Lyme disease treatment

August 17, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill expanding insurance coverage for Illinoisans suffering from Lyme disease and discussed other health-related measures at a news conference…

USDA cuts forecast for Illinois crop production

August 17, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — This year’s Illinois corn crop could be as much as 17 percent smaller than last year’s crop, while soybean production could fall as much as 21 percent, the U.S….

Pritzker signs bills expanding state’s medical marijuana law

August 16, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker celebrated a pair of new laws Aug. 12 that expand the state’s medical marijuana program, including one that gives students more options…

Concerns raised over gas-tax expenditures

August 15, 2019

(Second in a series of stories looking at the pork-barrel extras included in the state gas tax hike of 19 cents per gallon) Along with fixing roads, bridges and crumbling public structures,…