Gov. J.B. Pritzker should spend less time insulting Donald Trump and more time outlining his positive vision for the nation.
Editorial: Beware being Joe Biden’s attack dog, Gov. Pritzker. Flatulence can blow back.
Day: June 18, 2024
Ex-etiquette: We bring out the worst in each other
I’m an advocate of cooperative co-parenting. That does not necessarily mean spending time together, writes Jann Blackstone.
A longtime La Grange Park resident remembered with Arbor Day planting of tree
The late Bert C. Metz had a Red Oak tree planted in his honor by the Village of La Grange Park on June 14 at the Village’s annual Arbor Day celebration.
Michelada Festival to feature 12 bands on two stages all day Sunday in downtown Elgin
A michelada, a drink that some call a Mexican Bloody Mary, may be hightlighted in the name of the Elgin Michelada Festival, but it won’t be the centerpiece. That goes to the 12 bands performing on stage Sunday at Festival Park.
Wilmette professor creates free website to help with end of life planning
What happens after death is a big question but what happens before death needs to be legally bound. A Wilmette Professor Emeritus has launched a free website allowing users to stroll through a virtual garden doing exactly that. MedicalDecisions.info, takes “end-of-life decision-making” to the digital garden stroll level for the first time ever, said Professor Emeritus of Bioethics and Contemporary Culture at Trinity International University John Kilner. The site just went live and Kilner, who held the Franklin and Dorothy Forman Endowed Chair at Trinity International University, said he launched it because of what his career in end-of-life ethics in […]
LaGrange Park’s residents experience new features of Beach Oak Park at is reopening
More than 100 La Grange Park residents showed up June 14 for the Grand Reopening of Beach Oak Park.
Jesus Lizard will headline new Warm Love Cool Dreams music festival
Tickets for the Sept. 28-29 festival at the Salt Shed go on sale soon. The title is borrowed from Nelson Algren’s book “The Man with the Golden Arm.”
Woman missed out on cicadas 17 years ago, so she brought 6,000 of them to her yard
Bettina Sailer has gone to areas where cicadas were plentiful and brought them back to her North Aurora home. She now has more than 6,000 of the insects in her yard.
Buffalo Wild Wings Go opens Wednesday in Huntley with giveaway for first 100 guests
A new Buffalo Wild Wings GO in Huntley is celebrating their grand opening Wednesday, June 19 by giving away free wings for a year to the first 100 guests in line.
New York’s top court declines to hear Trump’s appeal of gag order in hush money case
New York’s top court on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals found that the order does not raise “substantial” constitutional issues that would warrant an immediate intervention.