Tidye Ann Pickett stood only 5-feet-2, and barely weighed 100 pounds. But nine decades ago, she stood tall in American track.

There are two primary challenges to legislative plans to regulate homeschooling in Illinois.

The recent disclosure by OSF to build a new hospital in Ottawa while shifting some of their long standing services to Peru came as a shock to everyone including me.

Opinion: From a nostalgic trip down memory lane at the Fizz Ehrler Memorial Turning Back Time Car Show in Sycamore to the competitive spirit of the USASA Soccer Tournament, there’s something for everyone to enjoy this weekend in DeKalb County, writes Cortney Strohacker.

The death of actress Shannen Doherty was a blow to her many fans. It also was difficult for those of us who are battling the same disease that she was: breast cancer.

To better serve Batavia, Batavia Public Library is in the beginning stages of a new strategic plan and we’re looking for feedback.

When you care for someone with a disability or work in any capacity of providing service to that community, it’s impossible to become anything but intimately familiar with the way the state and federal government manage agencies.

Are you a dissectologist? Although the word does bring to mind distressing memories of a high school Biology lab, it actually describes a person who enjoys doing puzzles, usually jigsaw puzzles.

“We can’t allow this violence to be normalized.” Cortland Town Trustee Randi Olson included that quote in her statement about a threat made against her political opponent, state Rep. Jeff Keicher, R-Sycamore.