Lifestyle
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Book review: Sly Stone wants to take you higher in memoir
Oct 28, 2023 6:00 am - While summoning stories from his remarkable yet erratic life in music, Sly Stone admits he occasionally had to depend on the recollections of others because his own memo...
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How to grow your cup of coffee (and enjoy a pretty houseplant)
Oct 28, 2023 6:00 am - About 20 years ago, while on vacation in Nashville, Tennessee, I saw my first coffee plant growing inside a greenhouse. I was fascinated to learn that its red "cherries"...
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Portfolio diet may lower your risk for heart disease, strokeOct 28, 2023 6:00 am - A lesser-known dietary pattern called the portfolio diet may lower the risk for heart disease and stroke, new research shows. The portfolio diet is designed to lower "ba...
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'Pain Hustlers' tells a sadly familiar story with a kitchen-sink style
Oct 27, 2023 11:30 am - “Pain Hustlers” — ★ ★ The wife of a man who nearly died of an opioid overdose comes bursting into the office of the sleazy doctor who prescribed it, wrongly, in exc...
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Dave Heun shares his thoughts on Halloween candyOct 27, 2023 6:00 am - What's the worst Halloween candy? Even as a senior citizen, it's challenging to claim I don't like a specific type of candy during Halloween. For those who rate “th...
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Board members must be listed on the deed to serveOct 27, 2023 6:00 am - Q. There is a board member who is not on the deed of any unit in our condominium association. Her husband is the sole owner on the deed to the unit. Can this nontitle-ho...
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Sound check: Monster Mosh fest, High Seas Halloween, The 1975, Emo Orchestra and moreOct 27, 2023 6:00 am - Welcome to the black charade Stock up on hair dye and pull out the scenester duds: Emo Orchestra, joined by special guest Hawthorne Heights, celebrates the magic of...
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'Those were special times': Former journalists reminisce about radio coverage of high school sportsOct 27, 2023 6:00 am - If it were high school football state playoff time for Tri-Cities teams years ago, you could listen to the radio to hear all of the action. That may not be entirely nece...
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Antioch cancer survivor 'never stopped fighting'Oct 26, 2023 11:00 pm - For most 23-year-olds, starting careers out of college and getting acclimated to the "real world' is difficult enough without a global pandemic and cancer diagnosis. Yet...
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Friendship Village of Schaumburg resident enjoys the cooking-free perks of senior livingOct 26, 2023 11:00 pm - When Barbara Hershberger first moved in to Friendship Village senior living community eight years ago, she made the decision to rent her apartment rather than buy in. "...