Area teens ready to vote for the first time Tuesday

Two years ago, Mikayla Stroup said she was thinking about her driver’s license, not voting for the president of the United States.Now that the 18-year-old senior at Lutheran High School will cast her first ballot Tuesday in the Illinois presidential primary, Stroup relishes the opportunity.“It’s important because at 18 you start having more say in government decisions,” Stroup said. “In the next four years, you hit all of these legalities: […]