Will Olson was only 2 years old when doctors discovered a large mass on his liver, triggering several rounds of intense chemotherapy and the removal of 75 percent of the organ. Although Will, who is now...

In November 2014, area residents made their voices heard loud and clear in the voting booth. For a third-consecutive time, the referendum for a Johnson County Courthouse annex failed to pass, unable to...

Despite the overwhelming news cycle this past week, ranging from ISIS burning a Jordanian pilot alive to the Super Bowl, I was surprised to see that many of the headlines had instead focused on a different...

Gambling isn’t just for degenerates and couples on vacation in Vegas anymore. If you put in more than $50 in your fantasy football office league, you were technically gambling, thus breaking state...

On Feb. 3, NBC News ran a piece on the most diverse member of the New York City Fire Department, Sarinya Srisakul. She is one of the few women to break into the predominantly male Fire Department. Srisakul...

Despite the number of recent headlines on the terrorist group ISIS, it has become increasingly on the defensive. In fact, things are looking generally positive in Iraq. The Iraqi army is reforming, air...

Hell has been described as a place where there is no reason. If true, certain universities in Illinois may have reached that point. We all know that places of higher learning such as universities have...

In February of last year, a letter was submitted to the city of Iowa City expressing concerns over whether the curb cuts in the city were compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Johnson...

It seems that all too often, the second young athletes come into money, they disappear faster than a pint of ice cream post-Lent. They leave the sheltered life in the NCAA and enter the NFL realm of sex,...

While you’ve probably never heard of the Robert Morris University-Illinois Eagles or the University of Pikeville Bears of eastern Kentucky, these schools have made revolutionary strides with their...

Stemming from an outbreak at an amusement park in Anaheim, California, the measles disease has made a notable resurgence in California along with cases in at least 13 other states and Mexico. The current...

Though the secret documents detailing the true depth of our government’s surveillance on both domestic and foreign communications are still being filtered out to the public, much of the ire over the...