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Wanting to help animals without homes doesn't mean having to adopt them or provide a foster home. You can donate your time or money, or you can do something as simple as put a post on your Facebook page.

Vickroy: You can’t take in every stray or relinquished animal, but you can help improve their lives

April 21, 2023 at 2:52 p.m.

The reasons humans love animals — sometimes more than other humans — are endless. Yet, our ability to help the animal world seems limited. Or is it? True, even the...

Columnist Donna Vickroy says her father was at his best when he was there daily to care for his ailing wife before she died.

Vickroy: Dementia’s cruel blow: Looking for a loved one who died years ago

April 14, 2023 at 6:22 p.m.

The buzzing broke the predawn silence. The screen lit up: "Dad Cell." It was 4 a.m. "I can't find your mother," he told me, worriedly. "I've been calling and calling....

Back in the day, bridal showers weren't fancy affairs hosted in rented venues with registries from which to choose gifts but family affairs held in basements where the food was homemade and the presents a surprise.

Vickroy: Bridal showers of yore are far different than those today, but the love behind them remains the same

April 8, 2023 at 6:51 a.m.

It's great that we're all about convenience and transparency and being green and everyone getting exactly what they want these days, but, for a few minutes, can we wax nostalgic...

In this screen grab from surveillance video tweeted by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, Audrey Elizabeth Hale points an assault-style weapon Monday inside The Covenant School in Nashville. The former student shot through the doors of the Christian elementary school and killed several children and adults before being killed by police.

Vickroy: It’s time for people to get angry, rise up and do something about assault weapons in this country

March 29, 2023 at 2:05 p.m.

In a nation obsessed with guns and gun lovers' rights, what chance does a 9-year-old have of making it through the school day anymore? Gunned down children, like gunned down...

Members of the Naperville Woman's Club congregate outside their headquarters on 14 S. Washington St. in the 1930s, which they purchased in 1925 for $3,500 and still use today.

Vickroy: Let’s celebrate women’s long history of working together to make life better — this month and all year

March 24, 2023 at 2:26 p.m.

Throughout history, individual women have been a force, pursuing dreams, pushing boundaries and furthering humanity despite often considerable manmade roadblocks. These brave, determined females are celebrated each March by official...

Members of the 1980 Moraine Valley volleyball team said they recall the friendship and fun times together as they kept winning games.

Moraine Valley 1980 women’s volleyball team took love for the sport all the way to nationals

March 19, 2023 at 3:04 p.m.

They were the little team that could. And did. Without ego, without a mascot, even without a name, the 1980 Moraine Valley women's volleyball team took their love for the...

The "temporary friends" with whom you form an instant bond because you're in the same place at the same time going through the same thing can be so important in making a good — or bad — experience into a memorable one too.

Vickroy: ‘Temporary’ friends — those you meet because of time and place — can be friends in need too

March 17, 2023 at 12:12 p.m.

They're called temporary friends, people with whom you form an instant bond because you're in the same place at the same time going through the same experience. And, because both...

Dogs love running around without a leash but not only is it against the law in most towns unless you're in a dog park, it's an invitation to disaster if the dog runs into the street or comes upon another unleashed dog.

Vickroy: Dogs love being off leash but you’re asking for trouble — and being a bad neighbor — if you do it

March 10, 2023 at 12:14 p.m.

Signs of spring are everywhere. Tulips bursting through the earth, leaf buds emerging on trees and piles of canine leftovers dotting the landscape. Humans are venturing back out with their...

A sensor-equipped shopping cart tallies purchases and bills shoppers later through the Amazon app, eliminating the need for the traditional checkout process on limited quantities of groceries.

Vickroy: Give the lady what she wants? How about price tags on merchandise and no apps or self-checkout lanes?

March 3, 2023 at 10:43 a.m.

I used to bring home the bacon and cook it. Now I have to scan it, bag it, app discount it, join its store's loyalty program and let corporate track...

George Washington lost a year off his age when England decided to switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, which shortened the number of days in a year because it's based on the Earth's orbit around the sun.

Vickroy: Here’s a tidbit about George Washington — and the history of time — you likely didn’t learn in school

February 23, 2023 at 5:38 p.m.

Now that we're done celebrating Presidents Day, and by that I mean enjoying a day off, let's consider some of George Washington's contributions. Father of our country, leader of the...

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