LOVETT: Events like the Reagan Run remind graduating athletes that running does not have to end when competitive seasons do. Instead, it changes.

MANDRELL: From the vision of Pete Dillon and the founding board, who worked tirelessly to establish the college, to the graduates of the Class of 2026, the college’s history is filled with remarkable examples of overcoming challenges, pursuing opportunity, and changing lives.

China is a leading importer of Illinois soybeans – a bit of a concern given recent disruptions in traditional international trade relations – and the fact that so much of the yield leaves the state overlaps significantly with transportation infrastructure concerns.

This entire quiche has under 600 calories; less than a third of the calories in a normal quiche recipe.

"The evidence shows the county was deliberately indifferent to the obvious risk of constitutional violations when it failed to act to address property owners’ loss of equity when a tax deed was issued."

A list of the governor’s proposed budget cuts was circulating among state legislators last week.

BELZER: Winning the Reagan Run Scholarship is an incredible honor, and it has given me a chance to reflect on what this race, and this community, really mean to me as I get ready to graduate.

As the nature of threats evolves, so must the tools we use to address them. In communities across Illinois, that has meant taking a closer look at how technology can responsibly support traditional safety measures.

Registering to vote is neither required nor a guarantee of actually voting, which might be partly why political types are so comfortable with the phrase “publicly owned” referring to a specific government entity and not the constituents whom that entity technically represents.