Brisk, fall weather brings crowds of Illinoisans to apple orchards to enjoy the crisp, juicy flavor of their favorite in-season apples. “Whether fried, dipped in peanut butter or…
It’s that time of year. Ready, set… and wait. The winter snows are all gone and any recent snows are not going to last long as we have more and more days above freezing temperatures….
Deicing salts are essential to winter travel in Illinois and provide necessary safety in a landscape setting by melting dangerous ice on precarious steps, sidewalks, entryways and other…
Electric space heaters can help warm a room quickly. However, they can be as dangerous as convenient if used improperly. Safe Electricity urges everyone in the home to understand the…
It is easy to guess what this is — a rainbow spatterware water pitcher. But how old is it? Spatterware was first made in the late 1700s in England, but most found today dates from…
Bottle collecting has been an important pastime since the end of the 19th century, when the first bottle seekers dug up examples in old privy pits, the town dump or a rocky seacoast…
Company logos are a quick message to customers that identify a product on a store shelf or in an ad on TV explaining quality or improvements. Very few have been changed but many have…
Bell toys, a type of pull toy that had moving parts that rang a bell, were made in America just after the Civil War. The Gong Bell Co. of Connecticut made the first one. It was an iron…
Prosecution granted extension in Highland ...
In a short three-minute hearing, Lake County circuit court judge Victoria A ...
Growing Up X Exhibition opens ...
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Appellate court upholds restraining order ...
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Elgin area school chief to ...
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education announced Tuesday that Elgin-based ...
