You won’t get much sentimentality out of Dave Block about what may end up being the last day of horse racing at 94-year-old Arlington Park in suburban Chicago.
Shamario Brown has been a big winner in the criminal courts, where he’s been repeatedly acquitted of serious charges by Champaign County juries.
Jelani Day's death is tragic news for all of us.
The vaunted London auction house Bonhams has announced that in October it will auction a two-cornered hat once belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Rhetoric in international diplomacy is pregnant with different messages to different nations.
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I brought my car to the dealer for routine maintenance, and it was “kidnapped.” A huge ransom was demanded if I wanted it back; otherwise, it would be sold.
With vaccine, virus death is avoidable
It is wrong to mistrust scientists
Don’t ignore, understand
Late lawyer deserves honor
Why did they kill
What’s the deal on health care?
Mandates are
Experiments on animals are useful
There’s no reason not to get vaccine
Open discussion to both sides
Don’t let others think for you
Afghan outcome was no surprise
Diving back in to another round of quick takes on people and events that were being talked about this week:
Ever heard of the “corruption tax”?
The security upgrades at Centennial High School are unfortunate but necessary.
Illinois politico Rahm Emanuel’s reputation precedes him, and that’s a problem.
The political dispute between Champaign County Executive Darlene Kloeppel and her fellow Democrats on the county board has been dressed in up respectable issues language like “process” and “equity.”
When a man bites a dog, it is news. But when a dog bites a man, it’s frequently litigation.
A lot of the things I learned as far as how to be a man came from a woman.
I have learned to trust less since COVID-19.
"Over the last 25-plus years, I have experienced many unique, interesting and challenging cases. During those tough cases, when I’ve seen the results of my work give a victim closure, that’s where it reaffirms to me that I made the right career choice."
SPRINGFIELD — So who is “James Doe?”
A flurry of new statistics reinforces the message to get vaccinated and take other helpful precautions against COVID-19.
This guest commentary was co-signed by 84 Illinois school superintendents, including Clinton's Curt Nettles, DeLand-Weldon's Amanda Geary, Gifford Grade School's Jay Smith, Oakwood's Larry Maynard, LeRoy's Gary Tipsord and Sullivan's Ted Walk.
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