The Illinois Department of Natural Resources  is reminding boaters to play it safe when out on the water this holiday weekend. Conservation Police Officers will be out in full force as they extend Operation Dry Water through the Fourth of July holiday. "Boating can be a safe and enjoyable activity ...

It always hurts to argue with a sibling. Especially as an adult. If you had asked me about sibling rivalry while growing up, I doubt I would see things that way. Our two children fight a lot, but it is usually in an effort to convince each other to see things “their way.” It gets really ...

Here is an interesting piece by Jerome Corsi. I am amazed at how politicians can claim the massive deficits by the Bush administration destroyed our economy, yet now throwing trillions more on the inferno are suppose to put the fires out.  We may have been born at night, but not last night.  On the ...

“She just has us walk around in circles.” This was what my friend Jenni told me a few weekends ago when she was talking about a new step class she was going to. I wasn’t sure how to respond, but I was pretty confused.”Circles? Like around the board?” I asked. She ...

I checked out ACTB, the Alice Cooper tribute band comprised of musicians with local ties, Friday night. They rocked! Of course, I had met the guys in the band and listened to them practice earlier in the week while putting together a preview story about the show, but seeing them perform atop the ...

I've been seeing Batman a lot lately: T-shirts, the toy aisle at Wal-Mart, a milk ad on the back of my son's Sports Illustrated Kids magazine, even on a box of fruit snacks at the grocery store. And while I don't mind seeing the Dark Knight "” in fact I'm probably going to see the movie [...]