Category: Lake County News-Sun Opinion

In 2024, Vice President Harris had no time for Smith’s legacy, but she did manage to appear on “The View,” “Call Her Daddy” and other venues with overwhelmingly female audiences.

Knowing the ill effects buckthorn has on native northern Illinois landscapes, we quickly removed and disposed of it, while chiding ourselves on not staying ahead of its spread.

The roundups of coastal media elites, cable pundits and late-night talk-show hosts, they fear, will begin once the 47th president takes office on Jan. 20. I jest, maybe.

Rinehart, who according to unofficial results was re-elected this month, was given the Joyce Fitzgerald Award by A Safe Place, which helps victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.

In the end, it seems higher rents and grocery prices, including “shrinkflation” — charging the same price for less product — overrode all the other issues Vice President Kamala Harris and President-elect Donald Trump campaigned upon these last months.

Overlooked with all the current presidential hoopla are the Feb. 25, 2025 primary elections in Waukegan, Waukegan Township and North Chicago.

According to U.S. Census Bureau data, 297,005 of our friends and neighbors left for other states last year; while 203,758 residents moved into Illinois from other states.

The previous U.S. administration directed constant public criticism at European allies for not doing more. However, such tension has been a fact of life in NATO almost from the beginning.

Jays typically store their winter cache in the ground, sometimes up to two miles away from where they found the goodies. In one study, 50 blue jays cached 150,000 acorns over 28 days.

Yet to ignore Waukegan’s avant-garde community is a shame. The city goes out of its way to support, foster and nourish artistic free spirits, along with the offbeat.