4+ hour, 39+ min ago   (918+ words) Voro lip balm containers are designed to easily fit into a pocket or clip to a keychain. For University of Illinois mechanical-engineering student Nick Militello, the adage is true: Necessity is the mother of invention. When he decided he’d had…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1244+ words) Legislative Inspector General Michael McCuskey speaks to Capitol News Illinois during an interview on June 6, 2023. Previously a federal judge who worked out of the U.S. Courthouse in Urbana, on Aug. 31, he offered his resignation from his current role effective Sept. 30. SPRINGFIELD…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (956+ words) People retire every day. I still do. Every day. But some people never really retire and just “keep on keepin’ on,’” as folk singer Len Chandler sang in the song with that title back in the ’60s. The phrase is almost…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1035+ words) Top division football and men’s basketball programs would re… "The NCAA should take a sober view of 'professionalism' and … When Rita Garman graduated from law school In 1968, she struggled to find employment. “No one wants to talk to a woman…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1306+ words) Adrien Pochel of Cree & Lakota tribe drums and sings outside Chicago’s Field Museum during a land acknowledgement ceremony in recognition of the fact that the museum sits on traditional Native land. It’s time once again to dive into another round…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (526+ words) The Department of Children and Family Services building in Springfield. Two-year-old Ta’Naja Barnes’ 2019 death was so horrific that legislators passed a law in her honor to ensure the Department of Children and Family Services would provide abused and neglected kids…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (501+ words) If the governor is serious about wanting the best for K-12 students, he should ‘opt in.’ The deadline for states to opt into a federal tax-credit program supporting K-12 education scholarships is Jan. 1. Although he’s had months to decide whether Illinois…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (375+ words) As Black August Resistance Month 2026 ends, a multifront war for the political heart of Afro-America is roiling. This internecine war is about ideology. Both Black nationalist political scientist Robert C. Smith and Black social democratic historian Manning Marable contended that African…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (42+ words) news-gazette.com Renaming lake a real SHAME When I was a kid, we learned the mnemonic HOMES to remember the names of the Great Lakes. Now I guess we have to go with SHAME....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1484+ words) Retired Marine Sgt. Maj. Hubert “Bert” Caloud was assistant superintendent at the Manila American Cemetery several years ago when I made an inquiry to him for Iwo Jima veteran Al Jennings about a flamethrower he served with, saw die and…...