MCDERMOTT: The story of Rochelle cannot be told without a mention of the taverns and Cherry Avenue.

Opinion: The state's new gun law sounds like a common-sense approach to trying to prevent massacres such as what occurred in Highland Park last July 4 and attempting to keep high-powered semi-automatic weapons out of the hands of those who mean harm.

Opinion: Illinois certainly is an island, at least when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Holiday Hills Police Department is ‘stonewalling’ public, refuses to release police report as required by law

Truth-in-sentencing law that governed how long convicted murderer stayed in prison found unconstitutional by Illinois Supreme Court

"This past year has been monumentally difficult for so many. Seemingly, we’re all hankering to get out from our home, to get out from behind our masks, and to get out and start hugging friends and family alike. It appears those things are still a few months away. But hope is eternal. We need to hang onto the prospects of what we know will be better days ahead."