Those experienced with returning ballots are likely familiar with their county’s drop boxes, handing a sealed ballot to someone at the election official’s office and tracking their ballots online or through phone calls.

The People in Need Forum on Jan. 31 at McHenry County College is the largest annual gathering of McHenry County resources, with 125 exhibitors and more than 20 breakout sessions.

As noted in October following oral arguments, the opinion in Bost’s favor says nothing about the merits of his case but effectively sends us back three years and enables a federal judge to rule on the underlying constitutional question.

A judicial branch is separate from the executive and legislative but also equal: our judges and justices are, at least in some portions of their careers, politicians. They have to finance campaigns and occasionally face voters.

One of the scariest things about Alzheimer's disease goes beyond the illness itself. The uncertainties about the financial impact it will have can be stressful. A new offering from the Alzheimer's Association aims to put caregivers in a better position to cope.

One thing that stuck out from the entire process was JCAR members strongly preferring IDOC had taken a more conventional approach to addressing a situation they hadn’t adequately shown to be a crisis.

There are already too many high school graduation requirements; not all districts can sufficiently hire staff to offer the courses. Integrating languages into elementary schools would be more logical from an educational and curriculum density standpoint.

"With so many disturbing and increasingly violent stories in the news lately, it warmed my heart to see the beautiful husky being rescued on the cover of the Jan. 7 paper," Rosalyn Hayes of Crystal Lake writes in a letter to the editor.

"On Dec. 10 at Bethany Lutheran Church, my husband and I witnessed the most spectacular Christmas program by Cary-Grove students, directed by Rob Boncosky," Barbara Nelson of Crystal Lake writes in a letter to the editor.