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A properly mulched tree does not have piles of soil and mulch around the trunk.

Essential spring garden tasks when you're running behind schedule

If you are running late getting your garden cleaned up, just continue removing garden debris from beds and cutting back perennials.

Mint juleps became the signature drink of the Kentucky Derby in the 1930s.

Stir well, slap lightly. Tips for making a mint julep worthy of the Kentucky Derby.

Horses are poised, bets are on, hats are at the ready and the bourbon is standing by, ready to be poured into thousands of mint julep cocktails. It must be Kentucky Derby weekend.

The new bust of John Warne “Bet-A-Million” Gates is ready for its permanent home at the St. Charles History Museum. Gates is recognized as the man whose fortunes in barbed wire, steel and oil helped the Baker and Norris families bestow many gifts upon St. Charles.

Why Gilded Age tycoon will be honored with sculpture in St. Charles

Former St. Charles resident Archie Bentz was behind the push to commission a sculpture to honor baron John Warne “Bet-A-Million” Gates, whose fortune was inherited by Dellora A. Norris.

Volunteers work to protect a home in Holiday Hills as flooding continued on the Fox River on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.

Fox River flooding: Pop-up resource fairs for affected residents planned in McHenry, Lake counties

Resource fairs for those affected by flooding will be held in Lake and McHenry counties Friday and Saturday to connect people with resources to assist in their recovery, officials announced.

Palatine resident Tavares Chambliss is appearing on “American Gladiators” and hosting a watch party at his gym on Saturday.

‘An awesome challenge’: Palatine gym owner making his American Gladiators dream come true

When Tavares Chambliss was younger, he would watch “American Gladiators” religiously. Now that dream has become a reality, and the Palatine resident is appearing on the rebooted version streaming on Prime Video.

Dr. Sri Komanduri and Dr. Amrita Sethi unveil the Center for Advanced Endoscopy at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield.

$15 million center for ‘complex’ GI care opens at Central DuPage Hospital

A $15 million advanced endoscopy center has opened at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. Nationwide, there are only a handful of standalone centers like it.

The biggest myths about washing jeans, debunked

To answer the question of how often to wash a pair of jeans, we must agree that jeans need to be washed in the first place — and that all jeans are not created equally.