"¢ Michael Denoyer describes his relationship with his fiancee, Sharee Miller, as a little different. That would be like saying Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have only a mild interest in being the next president of the United States. ...

“Will my chores get easier in the future?” the kids ask. The complaints seldom stop when it comes to kids and chores. And the answer is “no,” by the way. It only gets worse as you get out on your own about six years from ...

In what could be the most important draft the Bears have had since they moved training camp to Bourbonnais, the Bears drafted 12 players at nine or 10 different positions (depending on where they play the late-round picks). Per usual with a ...

There’s only one episode of America’s Next Top Model left, and as happy as I am with the top three, I’m pretty surprised, too. 1) Anya is left. She’s always been a judge favorite, but I dread to hear her Cover Girl ...

Eight members of the Kankakee Valley Bass Anglers culled just over 23 1/2 pounds of bass during last Sunday's Clinton Lake club tourney. Dick Woodworth led the field with three bass at 8.76 pounds. Don Hunt with second with three at 7.72 ...

Eleven months, 94, 836 hits (and counting), 166 posts,  1,350 non-deleted comments and a whole bunch of fun. I approached our executive editor Denise Renckens last year and asked to do a blog about nothing in general. ...

It was interesting covering Looptopia last year and this year. Looptopia is an all-night celebration in the Loop. Both years my photographer, David Lade, and I made it all the way through to daylight in Millennium Park. This year filmmaker ...