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— March 8, 2018Stupid. Worthless. For a self-proclaimed “kid always in trouble,” these words defined Bill Heyer for much of his youth. It wasn’t until Heyer got arrested and spent time in…
Stupid. Worthless. For a self-proclaimed “kid always in trouble,” these words defined Bill Heyer for much of his youth. It wasn’t until Heyer got arrested and spent time in…
COUNTY RVC prof, children found dead in home Winnebago County Sheriff’s Police are investigating the death of Rock Valley College professor Dr. Peter Ruckman Jr. and his two children….
Allow me to play devil’s advocate. It’s what I do as a journalist, plus I personally enjoy taking on orthodoxy, particularly when it involves a binge of second-guessing….
Mark the date on your calendar: March 24. It’s a Saturday. It’ll be a test for the up-and-coming generation. For that matter, it will be a test for the United States of…
Once again a slaughter of innocents has wrenched from us a cry that something must be done. But, what that something is cannot be agreed upon. This latest horror took the lives of 17…
Arm teachers … Arm teachers … Where have I heard that before? In the wake of the Florida school shooting President Donald Trump and others are urging that some teachers in every…
THROUGH MARCH 11 In Full Bloom: The Orchid Exhibit, Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens, 1354 N. 2nd St., 9 a.m.05 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, $6 resident…
If only Joe McCarthy had lived to see this moment, when it is suddenly in vogue to attribute large-scale events in American politics to the hand of Russia and to inveigh against domestic…