The indictments of Waukegan City Clerk Janet Kilkelly and North Chicago 2nd Ward Ald. Anthony Coleman come on the heels of the probationary sentence handed out a week before to former state Sen. Terry Link, D-Vernon Hills, who grossly under-represented his income.
Category: Lake County News-Sun Opinion
Law & Order column: Scouts earn merit badge for Lake County Courthouse visit
Scouts have been coming to the courthouse since 1997, when the merit badge program began. Almost 1,500 youths have participated over the years.
Column: There is a silver lining in alleged Brazil coup plot investigation
Whatever the outcomes of the previous corruption scandals, or current military takeover allegations, orderly due process and rule of law so far is being respected.
Outdoors column: In spring, it’s time to be Zen-like
As New York Times best-selling book author Eckhart Tolle has written, there is “power” in “now.”
Letter to the Editor
We hope that the baton will be picked up and this wonderful grant will continue as the needs in our community are many.
Column: Former Sen. Link joins parade of state Democrats caught in federal trap
Link now has a place in the long line of Democratic officials — from Chicago aldermen, to state legislators, to governors — who have been snared by federal corruption probes.
Law & Order column: Search of Gurnee home turns up 3 kilos of meth
Three residents were taken into custody, and officers also found four firearms and three grams of cocaine.
Column: Sorry Donald, but voting road for migrants takes years, not months
Voting road for migrants takes years, not months Of all the lies Donald Trump has told in and out of office, perhaps one of the most egregious is his continued contention that migrants are being allowed entry into the country as part of some vast conspiracy to “overthrow” the U.S. He repeated this baseless allegation again last weekend while campaigning in North Carolina for his third Republican nomination for president. The Associated Press quoted Trump speaking about the current crop of asylum seekers: “They’re trying to sign them up to get them to vote in the next election.” “They” apparently […]
Column: Europe Security Conference a plus for NATO and beyond
The Munich conference now possesses an extremely well-established foundation for the next policy moves by North American, European and other participants. In order to succeed, these efforts must transcend traditional regional security organizations.
Column: Houses ace out industrial sprawl of warehouse districts
According to commercial real estate experts, 70 large warehouses were built in Chicagoland last year, eclipsing records set in 2021 and 2022. Can vertical warehouses be far behind?