Lebanon

Leonard Unes of the Itoo Society says members’ families in Aitou, Lebanon are safe after an Israeli airstrike killed at least 21 in the northern village.

The Illinois Senate has approved raising public school teacher salaries to a minimum of $40,000 a year.The Senate voted 37-16 Thursday to increase minimum…

The Illinois Senate has voted to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21.The Senate voted 35-20 Wednesday to ban under-21 sales of tobacco or tobacco related…

Congress reconvenes next week to debate military action in Syria. One person who’s closely watching developments is DeKalb poet Susan Azar Porterfield. In…