Underwood, Kennedy speak out for better mental health care
August 2, 2019In a small, but jam-packed room inside the Kendall County Health Department in Yorkville on July 31, you could hear stigmas being broken. You could feel shame flying out the…
In a small, but jam-packed room inside the Kendall County Health Department in Yorkville on July 31, you could hear stigmas being broken. You could feel shame flying out the…
At the Aurora Public Library’s Santori campus, Teen Librarian Stephanie Brandwein is on a mission. Following a two -year lull, where her job title didn’t exist, Brandwein…
4-H youth from DuPage, Kane and Kendall counties demonstrated care, obedience and showmanship skills with their pets at the local 2019 4-H Dog Show on June 19 at the Kane County Fairgrounds….
Bouts of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection from others are overriding mental health issues facing area seniors, according to local experts. So much so that today, the suicide…
U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-14th) has introduced legislation to reinstate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Climate and Health Program. Until last year, the CDC’s…
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…
Sheriff’s Office reminds of new tobacco law The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind the public of the new law that took effect on July 1 prohibiting the…
Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1969, the United States made history by landing the first two humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American,…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….