Cook County business owners on county’s borders fear hike in sales tax
Business owners and operators on all edges of the Cook County border were fearful Tuesday of an effort to raise the county sales tax rate 1 percentage point, arguing it...
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Summer campers now code
Eight-year-old Claire Dormanen assumed her role as a summer camper this month in many traditional ways: She wore a comfy T-shirt and shorts, scarfed down a sack lunch and ran...
Predicting the weather is tricky – even for mobile apps
As temperatures hit the 90s Wednesday with a chance of rain, people across the Chicago area likely checked their smartphones for guidance on when to head outside. But just how...
A house is a window into family life past and present
We were enjoying our front yard on a sunny, Saturday morning when a man quietly walked up the driveway. He said he was on his way back from visiting his...
Indian weddings are big business
On his sprawling horse farm in rural Wayne, Billy Massuci has become an unexpected intermediary in the local Indian wedding scene. His five-car garage houses a 15-foot tall silver chariot...
Cool, wet spring leads to lots of lawn mowing
You're not imagining it: Mother Nature is making you work extra hard to keep up with the yard this spring. Horticulture experts say low temperatures and frequent rain showers in...
Suburban senior day cares cater to dramatic ethnic population growth
Each weekday, in an unremarkable office park in suburban Wheeling, a 13,500-square-foot space transforms into a bustling celebration of Eastern European countries. In one room, elderly Russian men holding cue...
Truth in parenting social media sites offer honest shares
I can see why it seemed like a picture-perfect morning for my family: Shawn and I had just finished Sunday breakfast at a local restaurant with our girls. The sun...
Mother and daughter share a genetic disorder, and a dream
Rebecca Binkley was still setting up the video camera in the aisle of the seventh floor theater at Roosevelt University when Krissy Cooper took the stage holding her violin. Finally,...
Lessons lost on claw game wins
Everyone knows that you're supposed to lose at claw-style arcade games. It's a well-known truth proven time and again by hopeful players who insert a dollar, maneuver the arrows, then...