A good school district is central to a community in providing education and guidance for students. In times of crisis, a school can also start a chain reaction of help.

When Hoffman Estates police officer Vince Pusateri declined to shake Cook County Board Chairman Todd Stroger's hand at Tuesday's disaster drill at the Sears Centre, there's no doubt he was expressing the sentiments of many fed up with arrogance, ineptitude, self-dealing and chicanery under Stroger's reign.

There's a reason governments must solicit bids on purchases over $10,000. Besides the fact it's a state law, it makes sense to get the best price when public dollars are footing the bill.

Addison leaders are attempting to make the village prettier by banning window-mounted air-conditioning units from the fronts of buildings.

The Sugar Grove Library Friends wanted to inform residents of the Sugar Grove Library District that library board members Ken Wiesner and Erin Erickson have stepped down from their trustee positions.

Amy Cihak, in a recent letter, attempted to blame the War on Terror for "the recession."

The media is winning the nomination for Obama.

Speaking with a friend who makes keys at a local business, I learned that literally hundreds of parents repeatedly have keys made for their children.

Your paper recently did a front page story regarding the fact that gasoline broke the $4-per-gallon mark.

In your editorial "Common sense..." on March 14, you stated, "This is a case where everyone made bad decisions." (The story of a Tinley Park mother charged with child endangerment after leaving her 2-year-old daughter in her locked car for a few minutes.)

Candidate Clinton proposed a large ethanol plant in Iowa during the primary but candidate Obama said it was not big enough so he promised a larger plant .

George W. Bush, in his address to the Israeli Knesset, has removed any veneer he had left to invoke diplomacy when confronting American adversaries around the globe.

It is said that laughter makes you live longer. And that's good news for Naperville Unit District 203 taxpayers.

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama is presently sponsoring Senate Bill 2433, a "Global Poverty Act", which would devastate our national resources, pledging $845 trillion or 7 percent of our nation's gross domestic product

I few weeks ago I wrote about the Mexican Consulate coming to Dundee. They did not go to Dundee. Instead they came to Carpentersville at St. Stephens Church from April 16-20.

In his latest speeches at the NAACP and National Press Club, Rev. Wright continued to cause great harm to the African-American community.