Year: 2026

Recipe of the week: California Roll Salad

Ingredients1/2 cup uncooked white rice1/2 cup nori (roasted seaweed), crumbled1 English cucumber, cut into 1 inch strips2 avocados, peeled, pitted, and cubed2 cups shredded imitation crab meat2 teaspoons wasabi powder, or to taste1 tablespoon mayonnaise1 tablespoon soy sauce1/4 cup rice wine vinegar1 tablespoon white sugar1 teaspoon sesame oil1 tablespoon sesame

Select high school football schedule Oct. 2, results Sept. 29

Schedule Friday, Oct. 2Chicagoland Christian*Chicago Christian at Aurora Christian, 7St. Edward at Hope Academy, 7:30DuKaneBatavia at Wheaton North, 7Glenbard North at Geneva, 7Lake Park at St. Charles East, 7Warrenville South at St. Charles North, 7DuPage ValleyDeKalb at Naperville North, 7Waubonsie Valley at Metea Valley, 7Interstate 8*LaSalle-Peru at Kaneland, 7UpState 8

Reader’s Commentary: Socialists love victimhood, destroy independent minds

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda John Fitzgerald Kennedy suffered severe back pain his entire adult life, first due to a football injury at Harvard and then when his P.T. boat was rammed by a Japanese Destroyer during World War II. In excruciating pain, on a dark night, he swam 3.5 miles

When everything becomes a national security threat

By John & Nisha Whitehead “National security” has become the government’s all-purpose permission slip to behave badly. They have become the magic words that can make constitutional restraints disappear—especially when the courts defer to claims of national security. Call something a matter of national security and the normal rules start

Illinois claims victory in lawsuit against Trump admin.

By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinois attorney general Kwame Raoul has claimed victory in a legal battle against the Trump administration over noncitizens’ access to a host of publicly funded health, education and social service programs. A federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday struck down the administration’s attempt to

Illinois EPA plan’ to reach ‘net zero’ emissions

By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinois has made substantial progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in recent years, but it is not yet on track to meet its goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. That’s the conclusion of a new Comprehensive Climate Action Plan released this month by the