Category: Lake County News-Sun Opinion

Of course, they are tilting at windmills. The Illinois and U.S. Constitutions prohibit secession, which our fellow citizens may remember touched off the Civil War.

Della’s body was found the day after the fire gutted the house when crews returned to clear debris and pump water out of the basement.

The NSWRD is one of those quasi-governmental agencies that does its business with a mainly stellar record and little fanfare, cleaning 50 million gallons of sewage daily. It’s a messy job, but somebody’s got to do it.

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.