Some strategic choices regarding plants can greatly reduce the risk that insects and wildlife show up uninvited.
Elk Grove Cemetery - the resting place of the only two Revolutionary War veterans buried in Cook County - has undergone a $740,000 renovation, and will be formally rededicated Saturday on the nation’s 250th anniversary.
A 2023 randomized trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that people who drank one or more cups of coffee each day lost, on average, 36 minutes of sleep compared with those who didn’t over a two-week period.
Crowds fanned out across the Chicago area Saturday to celebrate the Fourth of July, marking 250 years of American independence with colorful parades, beach days and backyard barbecues.
The White House Rose Garden has seen many changes over the years. Here's a look at how the Rose Garden and its plantings have evolved.
Heat can be dangerous, but health experts say there are ways to manage the threat.
Virginian George Rogers Clark and a band of frontiersmen captured strategic Illinois territory 248 years ago and changed history. Illinois may not have been the front line of the Revolutionary War, but it played a ‘pivotal role’ in the success of the fledgling United States.