Museum needs help to show off its history
A year after dozens of volunteers from Sears splashed a new coat of paint on the Mother Rudd House Museum in Gurnee, more volunteers are needed to allow the facility...
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Still helping, police chief changing hats
Reaching out to members of the community--whether needy kids at Christmas or immigrants wanting to learn English and find work--has been part of how Bruce Johnson defined his job as...
The kiddie planes are coming to town
Since "Mirroriam" appeared at Chicago's Cows on Parade festival in 1999, artist Jeffrey Conroy has been asked to design everything from tiny cows to horses to kitchen countertops, all using...
Secret mission worth effort
When Gen. George S. Patton Jr. ordered his troops into Czechoslovakia on a secret mission near the end of World War II, Paul Kinnucan of Lake Forest thought they were...
Answers scarce in Wilmette shooting
Three days after a Winnetka man gunned down a waitress as she lunched outdoors with her two children, police said they may never be certain why he did it, though...
Draft horses hoof it to get farm ready for planting
No doubt a gas-powered tractor could have tilled the soil four times faster than Doc and Betsy, the Belgian horses who dragged a disk plow around Elawa Farm last week...
TALK BACK
Chris Karacic often talks on his cell phone while driving--whether chatting it up with friends about girls or letting his parents know what time he'll be home. But under a...
Course manager’s goal is anything but miniature
Allen Konchinsky has been playing miniature golf in relative obscurity for nearly 30 years, but that soon could change. Konchinsky, 40, hopes to break the world record for completing the...
Relieved leaders say it could have been worse
Most of Illinois dodged a bullet in the latest round of proposed military base closings announced Friday, with officials expressing relief despite the likelihood of losing about 2,700 civilian and...
Daughter enraged him, suspect says
Jerry Branton Hobbs III told police he became enraged when his 8-year-old daughter defied his order to come home, then killed the girl and her best friend with a small...