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American Lung Association announces anti-vaping push

— September 3, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — The American Lung Association on Wednesday, Sept. 2 announced a “comprehensive” plan to tackle electronic tobacco use by the nation’s high schoolers. Education,…

Leavitt: Our fragile families steam toward an uncertain destination
— April 8, 2020

Forty-eight years ago this month, the USS Sterett became the first U.S. Navy warship to fight off an enemy air attack since World War II. Hundreds of sailors and officers who had spent…
Leavitt: If your kids hate you now, just wait until their planet is trashed
— October 1, 2019

President Trump’s hijinks stole the news cycle from The End of the World. Before we found out that Trump had apparently been a very bad boy on the phone to Ukraine, everybody was…
Morton Library gives kids their space with renovations
— May 30, 2018

Like a good book, Morton Public Library has reopened after another chapter was added to its story. On May 21, the library officially reopened after closing March 25 for the Library…
ICC workshops to help parents with toolkit for raising kids
— July 13, 2016

As every parent knows, kids don’t come with an instruction manual. Illinois Central College has created a series of interactive parenting workshops, however, that will at least provide…

House bill would add risks of sexting to sex ed. curriculum
— January 11, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — Sex education in Illinois middle and high schools would be required to include a discussion on sexting if a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives becomes…
Teens compete at Illinois 4-H archery tournament
— September 23, 2018

Archery is a sport where the competition is against you and a target, except when your brother is competing right next to you. Then, it becomes a sibling rivalry. Forty teen archers,…
New parent policy in place at Aurora’s Fox Valley Mall
— January 6, 2017

In response to a large fight that recently occurred at the Fox Valley Mall, a new policy has been implemented that requires parental escorts for youths during certain designated high-traffic…