Burt Constable
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Couple's video follows as joy turns to dread — and backAug 09, 2014 11:00 pm - Everything was so new and fun that it simply had to be shared. Making their first iMovie, newlyweds Robert and Erin Marshall used a time-lapse video to celebrate their ...
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Couples aiming for world record on vow renewalsAug 07, 2014 1:00 am - There is no photograph of the moment 45 years ago when John and Lee MontMarquette exchanged their wedding vows. “The photographer slipped,” Lee MontMarquette says. “We g...
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Why Burt can't rescue wife's birthday from clutches of summerAug 04, 2014 1:00 am - Sunday, we celebrated my wife's birthday for the 30th time as a couple. And for the 30th straight year, I came up short. The problems revolve around bad timing. While it...
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Palatine business mediates who gets dog in divorcesAug 03, 2014 7:45 am - The dissolution of Susan and Paul Barthel's marriage has been working its way through the Will County divorce courts for two years. That's 14 in dog years for Pepper, th...
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Chicago gets rare chance to bask in Hall of Fame gloryJul 27, 2014 7:00 am - A game born in the 19th century and played in pastoral fields and charming ballparks, our national pastime of baseball is supposed to distract us from war, chaos and tra...
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How Santa keeps his cool at Banana Split's Christmas in JulyJul 21, 2014 1:00 am - After a polar vortex that gave us plenty of opportunities to perfect our harping about weather, we could be extra testy about today's heat and humidity. Or, we could sit...
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Composed Maine South song, wrote book, and BTW, dated HillaryJul 19, 2014 11:00 pm - Pingree Grove composer and author — by the way — dated Hillary Rodham
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Specialization not really key to kids' sports successJul 16, 2014 1:00 am - When I was a teenager, summer ended Aug. 11 - the first day of high school football practice. In stifling humidity and heat already present at 8 a.m., we high school foo...
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U.S. president from Palatine, Cubs in the World Series?Jul 15, 2014 5:00 am - Hoffman Estates man writes out some dreams in new novel, "Killing the Curse"
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Batavia woman epitomizes triumph over deathJul 12, 2014 11:00 pm - A 57-year-old woman with a limited athletic background for most of her life, Donna Stout admits to being surprised that she's vying today for a swimming medal at a natio...