On a stinking hot summer day, my father struggled to install a window air conditioner in the front room. It was not a good fit. “Run down to the hardware store and get some Mortite,”…
Local Boy Scout councils say that activities and events will go on as scheduled as the national youth organization goes through bankruptcy proceedings. “Nothing has changed. We…
The upcoming “Scout Eagle Day” event will be held on Saturday, Jan. 19 at the National Great Rivers Museum in East Alton. Both Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts are welcome to…
On Feb. 1, 2019, more than a century after it was founded, Boy Scouts of America became known as Scouts BSA, granting girls the chance to become Eagle Scouts. A month later, Scouts…
Boy Scouts of America’s new ruling that transgendered children cannot be excluded from the Boy Scouts did not surprise some of the Cook County parents who had pushed for the BSA to…
Man charged in Chicago officer’s ...A Freeport man is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
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McHenry man charged with residential ...A McHenry man was charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors involving ...
