I am concerned that the Trump administration has established a pilot program to use artificial intelligence (AI) to make prior approval decisions for patients using traditional Medicare.

Rochelle Township High School recently named its 2025 Homecoming Court candidates. Winners will be crowned at the pep rally and coronation on Sept. 25, 2025.

Illinois is uniquely violating the Constitution.

The featured speaker for this month’s Oregon Depot Museum “Those Were The Days” program on Saturday, Sept. 27, will be Jim Owens of Pecatonica.

Column: When it comes to running government programs, accuracy and oversight aren’t optional. Yet under Gov. JB Pritzker, Illinois’ management of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has been anything but accurate or accountable.

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La Fiesta Hispana de Rochelle was held Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in downtown Rochelle to mark the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. The event included music, dancing, food, a craft and vendor fair, bounce houses and more.

Rochelle Township High School hosted a ribboncutting for its recently remodeled library media center Monday, Sept. 15, 2025.

Sixto Xavier Valdivieso of Rochelle graduated from Lee University during the 194th commencement exercises Aug. 2, 2025.

The Ogle County Historical Society will have its monthly meeting Monday, Sept. 29, in Oregon.