About a year after he began working for Peabody Energy in 2001, Morry Davis was looking for a venue for his wedding.

Nowadays, artists have to be equipped with a business plan — not just a paintbrush.

The Quaglia family of 113 Adams St., in Westmont, goes all out for their Halloween display. Check out this video of the spooky scene.

A 159-year-old Bensenville cemetery will not go quietly.

More than 300 people descended on the small St. Johannes Cemetery Sunday, Sept. 28 for a memorial service to honor and remember more than 1,200 people buried there, graves that are slated to be relocated to expand Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

An endangered species now numbers one stronger with Brookfield Zoo’s latest red-headed addition — and the zoo is taking a week to celebrate.

The La Grange Hobby Center has been a fixture of downtown La Grange for 65 years. Even though it is smaller than once remembered, it still offers the same amazing variety of hobby staples that we have loved throughout the years.

"Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters" is a highly anticipated exhibit at The Field Museum in Chicago that runs through Jan. 4, 2009.

When Paul Ruby of Geneva was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s two years ago, treating the symptoms of the disease took a back seat to his No. 1 goal: Finding a cure.

The tale of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” will come alive in musical form when Children’s Theatre of Elgin presents “Willy Wonka Jr.” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24 to 26, in The Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin.

The cast will be composed of 80 second- through ninth-graders from a dozen communities. Local members include Andrew Brhel of Bartlett; Claire Heronemus of Batavia; Kevin Kline of Huntley; and Alex Adams, Jessica Blakely, Emma Gulstine, Mallory Mroz, Arreyellen Salyards, Julia VanPetten and Katelyn VanPetten, all of St. Charles.

Scampering around the living room of her family’s Berwyn home, it is clear that Samantha Mirabelli is quite the little ham.

It is a seven horse race for Illinois’ much coveted 10th casino license, which includes Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney.

The Bartlett Fire Protection District officially dedicated its new $5.1 million Fire Station 3 Sunday with a grand-opening celebration.

The Circuit Court clerks of six area counties are debuting a new software system that will allow police officers to fill out traffic tickets electronically in their squad cars, cutting the time of traffic stops nearly in half.

Three-dimensional cheesecloth ghosts are a fantastic way to get crafty and spruce up the house with some homemade decorations. With a quick pit stop to your local crafts store for some inexpensive materials, you’re well on your way to making a spooky apparition and keeping the little ones occupied. Here’s how ...

Forget the framed Monet prominently hung on the wall. John Lessick’s goal is to draw appreciative eyes to a less obvious place in the room: the floor.