Bonding in the mud

An estimated 17,000 participants showed up in Seneca over the weekend with the intent to get muddy. ... Read More ť

Seeking SCADs of information

Cheryl Crisman hadn’t been feeling good for a couple of days. She thought she was getting the flu. And on Super Bowl Sunday in 2008, when her family was getting ready to attend a party, she got a terrible feeling. ... Read More ť

Knapp repeats as State champ

Saying that Haleigh Knapp was not at all nervous at the Class 2A Girls Track and Field State Final meet in Charleston may be a stretch. ... Read More ť

Survivors also support effort to raise funds

Lightning in a bottle

Two ideas being floated to reform pension system

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Fans experience Batman backward at Great America

Illinois Fails to Protect the Most Vulnerable

GSW girls softball wins own regional

SOUTH WILMINGTON — It was not the winning run, not late in a run-rule victory, but Gardner-South Wilmington first baseman Becca Bernardy scored the run that made the outcome o ... Read More ť

Bonding in the mud

An estimated 17,000 participants showed up in Seneca over the weekend with the intent to get muddy. ... Read More ť

Gas prices unlikely to curb summer travel

(MCT) BLOOMINGTON — Prices at the pump may go up this summer, but likely won’t keep vacationers from hitting the open road. Next week’s Memorial Day weekend is the traditional ... Read More ť

Navy Pier remake would add urban park elements

(MCT) CHICAGO — Navy Pier, the highly commercialized tourist attraction jutting into Lake Michigan, will take on a more park-like feel under the first phase of redevelopment ... Read More ť

Cause of fertilizer-plant explosion still undetermined, investigators say

(MCT) AUSTIN, Texas—The cause of a fire that led to devastating explosions a month ago at a fertilizer plant in this small town north of Waco remains undetermined, state and ... Read More ť

IRS scandal puts the caffeine back in tea party

(MCT) WASHINGTON — Republicans think the Internal Revenue Service controversy is the magic weapon for beating up Democrats, because nothing resonates with the American publi ... Read More ť

Coal City beats Streator in regional action

STREATOR — Coal City experienced two things for the first time Monday — it competed in a regional baseball play-in game, and it competed in the Class 3A postseason. Streator e ... Read More ť

Donovan's leadership missing as US prepares for qualifiers

(MCT) Will Landon Donovan ever rejoin the U.S. national team? Will he play in the Brazil World Cup next summer? That remains to be seen. It looks like he won't be on the team ... Read More ť

TRUE TV

Networks retool for fall ... Read More ť

Alleged argument at party leads to a domestic battery charge

Josh P. Dean, 20, of Minooka, was arrested by Grundy County Sheriff’s police May 12 on a charge of domestic battery. Dean allegedly held his girlfriend down and punched her du ... Read More ť

Police Roundup

Charlette A. Rockett, 42, of Yorkville, was arrested by Kendall County Sheriff’s police May 14 on a charge of driving while license suspended. Alaya A. Tunk, 20, of Oswego, wa ... Read More ť

Reminiscing

As daughter readies to marry, memories of her childhood pervasive ... Read More ť

Just imagine if ...

Coverage of ‘major scandals’ would have been different if Republican in office ... Read More ť

Mathletes seventh in Geometry at State

Finish best among area teams in all events at ICTM contest ... Read More ť

Irvin J. Lafferty

COAL CITY, Ill. — Mr. Irvin J. Lafferty passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at his home in Coal City, Ill. He was born in Coal City on June 27, 1917, to the late Alex and Kat ... Read More ť

Richard Alan Baker

GARDNER, Ill. — Mr. Richard Alan Baker, 57, of Gardner, Ill., passed away Friday afternoon, May 17, 2013, at ASTA Care Center of Pontiac. Born April 25, 1956 in Morris, Richa ... Read More ť

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Already a bride, now a bridesmaid!

This summer will mark my one year anniversary with my husband, and it will also be the first wedding I get to be a part of since my own.

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Is all fruit good for you?

With the summer season upon us, our choices of delicious, fresh, and local produce will grow. With all of the anti-carb hoopla out there, I hear many with impressions of “good” and “bad” fruits.