Courtney Flynn

With an abundance of tomatoes, cucumbers and strawberries cropping up in the Chicago area this summer, Northbrook teenager Adam Kerman wanted to make sure that people in need also have...

Miniature golf might seem like a kiddie game to some--but don't suggest that to Allen Konchinsky. He thinks he recently broke the world record for completing the most holes of...

Lolly Gepson believes in the power of reading so much that she's gone to heroic lengths to entice kids to keep their noses in the books. The Northbrook librarian recently...

In Tracy McCabe Stewart's quilting world, words such as "floral prints," "patchwork" and "country-style" don't quite seem to fit. Instead, think raccoon bones, driftwood and fossils. "I even hesitate to...

For those who think of Al Capone as a ruthless gangster and bootlegger, filmmaker Richard Larsen would like them to know about his kinder, gentler nature. Larsen, who has been...

When the Shriners hold one of their most popular fundraisers this weekend, they won't rely on traditional money-makers like chocolate bars or raffle tickets. Instead, they're banking on onions--more than...

A commemorative plaque telling the history of the North Shore's last remaining farm and how it was preserved might seem a benign monument. But in Glenview, even the last act...

Pope Benedict XVI has not yet said why he chose the name, but some theologians speculated Tuesday that he may have been more inspired by the famous monk St. Benedict...