Eye On Illinois: Professional fireworks are special, hard pass on amateur hour
Eye On Illinois: Today the calendar reaches July, meaning I get to revisit one of my most curmudgeonly stances: leave fireworks to the professionals and stop trying to make consumer pyrotechnics legal in Illinois.
Presenting the 2023 Times All-Area Baseball Team
Here is the 2023 The Times All-Area Baseball Team, featuring standouts from Ottawa, Sandwich, Streator, Marquette, Seneca, WFC, Fieldcrest, Newark, Serena, Earlville, Somonauk and Leland.
The 2023 Times Baseball Player of the Year: Marquette’s Taylor Waldron
Marquette’s Taylor Waldron repeats as The Times Baseball Player of the Year.