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  • Scott Summers is a McHenry County attorney. His blog SummersTimes is at ssummers.substack.com.
  • David James joined WNIJ in 2010, and has been the host of the Saturday Night Blues since May, 2011. He is a long time resident of Northern Illinois, with stints in Arizona and North Carolina. Dave enjoys live music, hockey, and is always up for a road trip or a round of golf!
  • Hannah Tallacksen is a student in Sycamore. She loves reading, drawing, spending time with her family, and playing with her sister. When she grows up, she says she wants to be ‘everything!’
  • Robert Ullrich is a Social Studies teacher at North Boone Middle School and lives in Rockford.
  • David Jones is a retired Presbyterian (USA) clergyman and lives in Rockford.
  • Paula Garrett is a transplanted Southerner and a former WNIJ Blues host. She's passionate about music, travel, research, open water swimming and film.
  • Lonny Cain, a graduate of the journalism program at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, has been in the newspaper business for more than 45 years. He and his wife have three sons. They live in Ottawa, where he was managing editor of the local daily newspaper for 30 years, retiring in December 2014. He continues to be a columnist for The Times in Ottawa and is pursuing other writing projects.
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