Listen live: Shaw Local Radio brings you Round 1 Illinois high school football broadcasts

Shaw Local Radio is proud to bring you four high school football broadcasts for round 1 of the IHSA playoffs and the eight-man playoffs.

Cal Thomas: Same old, same old

Columnist Cal Thomas argues that voters put too much faith in politicians of both parties, faults Democrats for promises like Medicare for All and politicians for ignoring the $40 trillion debt, and says voters are to blame when the people they elect fail.

Voting is important no matter who is on the ballot

Every election is important, so take advantage of your rights as American to vote this Tuesday.

Marc Dion: The Lonesomest Dove

"The very things you hired Donald Trump to roll back are the things he pushes forward, the message being that, if you have enough money and power, everything belongs to you."

Veronique de Rugy: Billionaires compensate us many times over. Wealth taxes endanger that.

Those urging billionaires to acquiesce also err by blithely assuming that the state that grabs the money will use it well enough to “make the world a better place.” The burden of proof is on them.

Birth announcements: Kankakee County - Oct. 31, 2026

A list of recent births at Riverside Medical Center.