(File Photo from Dasha Petrenko/Fotolia.com) (StatePoint Media) Summer can be hot, sticky and downright uncomfortable. It can also be dangerous...

Will County and DuPage Democratic party leaders are working to fill the 85th District House seat that was vacated recently...

Effingham Community Schools Superintendent Mark Doan is considering “punishing" voters for rejecting a second effort at a sales tax by...

The following is an Editorial Commentary. UNACCEPTABLE - the singular word that perfectly describes and sums up the pain, dysfunction...

The Southern Illinois University (SIU) Foundation is almost halfway to collecting its fundraising goal of $ 75 million to help...

Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) described Monday's passage of Senate Bill 1446 as a hypocritical move by Democrats to make it...

House Speaker Michael Madigan rejected bipartisan efforts to reach a budget deal in the General Assembly by not even calling...

Dr. Nancy Cox A former Hillsboro native, Dr. Nancy J. Cox, was honored this spring as the first recipient of the...

NEW YORK, NY (Free Press Publications) -- Nearly two years ago Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to 2 life sentences plus...

SPRINGFIELD -- Democrats passed on bipartisanship and pushed another tax-heavy budget before the spring legislative session ended with no agreement,...