Organized day trips let you see the world without all the driving, parking hassles
Got cabin fever? Time to get out of the cabin. Or make plans to. What if you could see a downtown play, hike a canyon near the Illinois River or...
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PBS show connects sister of Oak Lawn geologist killed on Mount St. Helens with grad student he saved
Pat Ruthenberg last spoke with her brother, David A. Johnston, a week before he was killed in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. "He quite understood the danger," Ruthenberg...
Rush for ‘Fire and Fury’ takes local libraries, bookstores by surprise
Perhaps, not since "Go Set a Watchman," "Fifty Shades of Grey" or the Harry Potter books has there been such a gap between supply and demand in the book world....
Vickroy: How to cook better, so you can eat better, according to Southland culinary experts
I love to cook. I hate to cook. It's an ongoing battle. This is the time of year when we examine our daily habits to determine where some tweaking might...
South Suburban Humane Society’s Boppity hopes to be your Puppy Bowl ‘boo’
While he didn't exactly dominate on the gridiron, 6-month-old Boppity crushed it in the publicity round of Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl XIV, which airs at 2 p.m. (central) on Super...
Humans are cold weather weaklings compared to birds, fish, rabbits
Why doesn't the chickadee freeze to death? Humans have furnaces, heated blankets and Under Armor at their disposal, and yet we wonder if we can make it from the house...
Start 2018 by celebrating 2017’s good news — yes, there really was some
Yes, 2017 was a difficult, turbulent, crazy, chaotic year for just about everyone. I can't recall a year more studded with stories of hate, racism, sexism, intolerance, greed and misconduct....
Joliet Junior College students get partial tuition refund for first time in history, officials say
What? Money back on your college tuition? In Illinois? For the first time in its history, officials said, students enrolled at Joliet Junior College are receiving a partial tuition reimbursement...
From doggy bags to swearing attendants, ‘Stay Classy’ reveals wedding day horrors
There was the groom who arrived at the church in a chauffeured Rolls Royce while his bride drove up in a blue Nissan. There was the maid of honor who...
‘An amazing sacrifice’: Runner to donate kidney to Homewood coach
It's hard to top the gift Rich Matula soon will be receiving from his friend, Mike Blake. "It's humbling," Matula said. "It's an amazing sacrifice." On Jan. 9, Blake, an...