Mom weary after toddler clothing battles
The other day, as I attempted to get my 4-year-old daughter, Gracie, dressed for a birthday party, I found myself in the battle that most people who have raised a...
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Some lice bugs have mutated to resist over-the-counter treatments
When head lice, a pesky and persistent threat for schoolkids everywhere, recently showed up on Courtney Jager's 9-year-old daughter's scalp, the mother moved quickly to eradicate the bugs. But when...
Chicago cookie tradition ends as Maurice Lenell production stops
For lifelong Chicagoan Ron Hall, a bite into a Maurice Lenell cookie brings flashbacks to his younger days — from grade school field trips to the former cookie factory on...
Chicago mom refuses to buy school supplies until summer surfaces
As a working mother of two, I try my best to stay ahead of schedule when it comes to my family's needs: I order giant boxes of diapers and baby...
Kids in hot cars an enduring problem, despite education efforts
The rescue of an infant from a hot SUV in the southwest suburbs this week was another sad reminder of what advocates have been warning for years: It can happen...
Illinois lacks guidelines on ATV safety
For her ninth birthday earlier this month, Kelsey Kreyer, a freckle-faced fourth-grader, sat happily atop her own all-terrain vehicle at the Rocky Glen ATV park in Rockford. Mud splatters on...
Judge wants more time to consider new evidence in 1987 murder, kidnapping
Recent statements from convicted killer and kidnapper Danny Edwards absolving his ex-girlfriend from involvement in his 1987 crime can be considered new evidence in the high-profile death of a Kankakee...
Woman convicted in 1987 murder, kidnapping seeks new trial
A Kankakee woman who has spent nearly 30 years in prison for a high-profile kidnapping and murder that she insists she did not commit is expected to appear in court...
Moms should have a place to nurse at airports
It was hours before our flight was scheduled to depart from O'Hare, and my husband and daughters waited for me in the suitcase-filled taxi on our driveway. I'd spent days...
Court’s Obamacare decision keeps subsidies flowing to 232,000 in Illinois
The U.S. Supreme Court's new Obamacare ruling means Kathleen Duffy of Chicago can keep paying $108 per month for the health insurance that covers the treatment she's receiving for cancer...