From our Editorial Board: Sycamore officials issued a statement on fire department planning, but it didn’t address questions about Fire Chief Bart Gilmore. Shaw Local has filed Freedom of Information Act requests seeking answers.

From our editorial board: Local government depends on trust. That trust is built not through carefully worded non-answers, but through clarity about how public institutions operate.

From our editorial board: If the Chicago Bears’ stadium saga feels endless, it’s because it is. Years of proposals, renderings, press conferences and open letters have produced exactly one consistent result: nothing.

They are our neighbors, our teachers, our coaches, our friends. They carry stories of courage, sacrifice, and quiet strength – stories that continue to shape the places we call home

Opinion from our editorial board: The details here matter. Negotiations between billion-dollar franchises and local governments must be transparent, equitable, and accountable.

Opinion from our editorial board: Rep. Fritts still has a choice. He can continue down the path of performative grievance, or he can rejoin the Chamber, roll up his sleeves, and get back to work. The Sauk Valley is stronger when all voices are at the table, including his.

Illinois and its elected leaders and regulatory officials must recognize the insurance industry not only as a safeguard in times of crisis but as a strategic partner in economic growth, infrastructure investment, and community stability.

Taking a look at boys tennis teams around The-Herald News area for the 2025 season, with top returners, newcomers and more.

National Apprenticeship Week celebrates its 10th anniversary from Nov. 17-23.

There are three quick takeaways from a recently released report from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute on the “State of the Unions” in Illinois.

"Any suburban legislator that votes to consolidate the transit boards ... will be voting against the interest of the residents that they have been elected to represent," write McHenry County Board Chairman Michael Buehler and county council of governments President Rick Mack.

The last week has brought the usual summer heat to Illinois. Fortunately, it’s not as brutal as the summer of 1936.

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs explains what his office does and doesn't do.

Since the dawn of time, it seems, parents and grandparents have been regularly socking away spare money for their grandchildren to help with the cost of a college education.

State Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel will hold office hours at the Plainfield Area Public Library on Tuesday, Feb. 20.

Opinion: Education, underfunded pensions, public safety – the list is virtually endless. But when the Legislature and the governor enact a budget, they have to make the numbers balance.

Here is the original transcript of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

Opinion: When supermajority Democrats recently passed a law requiring legal challenges to executive orders or new laws to be heard in just two of the state’s 102 counties, they said it was necessary to prevent “judge shopping.”