If I wake up in the morning and am able to take nourishment,

My dad, Dennis Baron, celebrated his 70th birthday this past weekend, and given this significant milestone, I’d like to celebrate another. Elected to Kankakee’s City Council before I was born, my dad served Kankakee for over 30 years, from 1987 to 2019. For every childhood memory of him coac…

According to an article published Nov. 11 in the Daily Journal, Congressman Adam Kinzinger is considering running for Illinois governor or U.S. senator. To Mr. Kinzinger, I say noooooooooo!!

I want to praise God for the person who found my wallet and turned it in to the driver's license facility on Nov. 3. Everything was still in it. I even had money showing and they didn't take it. 

I would like to thank Rolfe Jaremus for his Letter to the Editor in your newspaper on Nov. 3, 2021.

Our Planet Earth is incredible and beautiful, so why do some of the inhabitants treat it as a trash bin?

While flipping the pages of the Daily Journal the morning of Nov. 6, the photo of Joe George in editorials caught my eye. Not many would know him by the sight of his picture, but I’d been familiarized with his story through our son.

I have not felt proud as a veteran since April 30, 1975 — the day Saigon fell. A Republican-appointed ambassador kept a stiff upper lip and the flag flying. It was no surprise Saigon was going to fall.

My belief in Santa Claus was a chance to be a kid while I was still a kid. However, when my classmates stopped talking about Santa, and Mom and Dad no longer encouraged me to believe in him, I moved on. My brief “Santa” fixation didn’t stunt my ability to recognize and accept reality.

This letter is primarily addressed to all voters. It concerns Senate Bill 910, known as the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act. This bill may or may not be activated by Congress.

With all that has been going on in our country, and in fact the whole world, in 2020 and 2021, I surmise many people have become depressed.