Starting over isn’t possible. Let’s call this transition of power a change of direction – upward, we must hope. The mess we’ve been left with at the state and national levels will impede our progress for the immediate future, so we must first deal with recovery from mistakes of the past. The nation is hobbled […]
By Cheryl Wormley When most of you read this, it will be Inauguration Day. We didn’t send staff to cover Joe Biden being sworn in as our country’s 46th president. We defer to and count on major news sources to do that for us and for you. The Independent goes to press on Monday afternoon so […]
Is this ironic or what? After reading the article on “Vaccines expand ….” and hearing it on the TV and radio that all seniors are first to get the vaccine, I find myself nearing 90 and being in a retirement complex for almost seven years, sitting here and knowing that my sons, in their early […]
By Lou Ness On his knees, sweeping debris into a garbage bag, New Jersey Congressman Andy Kim could simply not bear the [Capitol] rotunda looking like an abandoned parking lot, so he began to clean up. Earlier in the day, an angry mob of insurrectionists scaled walls, broke windows, and flooded the Capitol, overcoming the […]
Last week was a milestone week for the novel coronavirus. The U.S. reported on Wednesday the highest number of deathss reported in a single day since the pandemic began. That was topped the next day, and the day after that, as the nation exceeded 21 million confirmed cases and 362,000 deaths. In Illinois, we passed […]
By Cheryl Wormley Since last Wednesday when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, I have wrestled with what I would write in this week’s column. I don’t need to tell you that I am an optimist from the tip of my toes to the top of my head. I have a passion for […]
Food Shed Co-op needs us; we need Food Shed Co-0p The U.S. spends twice as much as the average OECD nation (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) on health care, yet we rank last in life expectancy and have the most chronic diseases and obesity. The three most common causes of death today are diet-related: […]
Football fans in northeastern Illinois must have noticed how similar the year 2020 was to the Chicago Bears’ season. The year started with the economy continuing to gain strength, shaking off the remnants of the Great Recession as the unemployment rate kept declining and the stock market kept climbing. It was the promising beginning of […]
By Cheryl Wormley This column is all about keeping my word. Back on Dec. 9, I shared The Rev. Howard Thurman’s poem “I will light candles this Christmas.” That went well, because several of you wrote, texted, or emailed that you included it in your Christmas cards, had it printed in your church bulletin, or […]
Give military credit in fight against COVID-19 I enjoyed reading [Cheryl Wormley’s] weekly column [Declarations, Dec. 30]. I am surprised that she did not mention the U.S. military in her expressions of gratitude for all who put their lives on the line to help others. Our military not only provided doctors and nurses, but built […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
