How about a 17-point buck weighing out at 290 pounds taken by a Manteno hunter in Grundy County? Or a nice 10-pound, 3-ounce walleye, this week's best catch on the Kankakee River at Momence. Hunters might want to check the recall on a EXO-Tech tree stand harness and readers will want to know more about ...

It may be one of those discussions parents have among themselves rather than with their child. It is the discussion of careers. We look at the areas of study our two junior high students seem to be the most interested in, get the best grades in and then talk about what career paths the kids may end [...]

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 [...]