Keep eye on teens, even innocent-looking ones
Don’t fall for the excuses that your kids are too good to use or abuse alcohol, drugs and cigarettes or that they know it’s bad for them or all the other lines they give when you try to talk to them about these things.

Question statistics on children killed by guns
Sherina Wordlaw's letter about raising the price of bullets to lower gun violence uses flawed logic (YourViews, Nov. 13).

Story of young 'farmer' brought tears of joy
Reading the article ``Farmer at heart'' in the Money section of Monday's Pantagraph, really choked me up and brought tears to my eyes - tears of joy.

Consider showing movies with captions once a week
I am a Bloomington movie fan with hearing loss. Everything I watch at home, I watch with closed captions or English subtitles on a DVD. When I go to the local theaters, I can't understand the dialogue.

Renew licensing law for health inspectors
I am writing this correspondence to alert your readers about my concern as the public health officer for Tazewell County regarding the pending expiration of the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act in Illinois.

When will other prices fall now that gas is less?
When will other prices fall now that gas is less?

Raise more revenue with traffic, parking tickets
We are told by our city leaders that crime is not a problem in Bloomington-Normal. Yet each day in The Pantagraph we see numerous reports of break-ins, etc.

Purple Raiders should hold their heads high
Congratulations to the Bloomington Purple Raiders football players, coaches and staff for a great season. The players were fun to watch and cheer for. I know the season did not end as we would have liked, but it was a great year nonetheless.

Students think gravel pit near school is a bad idea
I am a fifth-grader at Fox Creek Elementary School and a member of the Student Council. I am writing to let you know that the students at Fox Creek think putting a gravel pit right across the street from our school would be a bad idea for several reasons:

Smokers should consider effect on elderly, children
I am a non-smoker who is glad the Smoke-Free Illinois Act was passed.

Those who waste taxes deserve to be punished
I’m concerned about the crooked bankers who used the tax dollars to take luxury vacations and then give the CEOs millions of dollars in incentives. What are we becoming?

Obama: I will carry lessons learned in Illinois
Today, I am ending one journey to begin another. After serving the people of Illinois in the United States Senate - one of the highest honors and privileges of my life - I am stepping down as senator to prepare for the responsibilities I will assume as our nation's next president.

Don't look now, but GOP race for 2012 already under way
Barack Obama hadn't even clinched the 2008 election when a prominent Republican pollster took soundings on his party's 2012 prospects. Neil Newhouse's survey produced a surprising result.