Barbara Sherlock

The way he handled a small metal tubular bar he held between his fingers ultimately determined whether Jim Niesel plummeted 165 feet to the ground or if he descended at...

The child inside many area grownups may get a little jealous when the newest addition to the Park District's playground roster is finished later this year. When the brightly colored...

Champagne corks popped as revelers joined in a birthday party Tuesday on the sun-filled lawn of the former DuPage County Courthouse to celebrate last year's move by National-Louis University to...

Sometimes the problem-solvers need the public's attention as much as the problem does. Recently, a local fledgling child-abuse prevention center was given that kind of attention through an unusual source-a...

With all the little fingers tweaking his nose and casually stroking his hat brim, it was hard to be sure whether Smokey Bear's message was getting through. Passing around a...

To many children, it would be a dream come true. To look across a field and watch as a beautiful horse tosses its mane. To sit tall on its back...

"Yo Mom! I skated with some radical dudes and dudettes and I need some pads!" That's the sort of line some west suburban parents heard last week-if a certain group...

Crouching low over second base, 12-year-old Ashley Seagren's bright blue eyes stay on the baseball waiting for her moment. The ball is hit and she takes off running, shadowed by...

They seem a little too young and short to play the role, but to Linda Bremner, the eight girls from the Streamwood Brownie Troop 648 are definitely her superheroes. "They...

Gretchen Smiles' joy is obvious as she stuns her young audience with her favorite magic trick. The trick involves six cards laid face up in a row. She asks a...