PROUD TO BE CANADIAN I am an older Canadian. I told a friend recently that I was not and have a hard time being a proud Canadian. He responded, yes but you are loyal. That helped me a lot. Without a ...

Ulysses S. Grant, our 18th president, entered the earthly stage as Hiram Ulysses Grant. When his name was mistakenly entered on the West Point register as Ulysses Simpson Grant, he eagerly ...

Ken “Hawk” Harrelson was the guest speaker at the Old-Timers Baseball Association of Will County banquet Thursday evening in Joliet. Here he speaks about his very first at bat in the majors where he ...

Whether you are a lover of the original Mustang or a new fan of the franchise, check out our list of 10 must-know facts for every Ford enthusiast.

Ray Johnson of Redlands, an Army reserve aviator, had been flying his Curtis J-N-4 over the Redlands area nearly every day ...

The Irish novelist on taking instruction from Vincent Browne, finding his way in fiction as a young man and coming to ...

As Calumet gears up for its year-long sesquicentennial celebration, Village Manager Megan Haselden has announced an ...

Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2025. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week, with Martin Luther King Day plus ...

There’s so much going on right now that it’s impossible to keep track of it all, and that’s the point. They want us to be overwhelmed so we can’t keep up or fight back, but today, I want to give you ...

The film depicts the devastating consequences of drug addiction and illusory dreams that lead the characters to a terrible ...

LEOMINSTER has been named among the most difficult place names to pronounce in the world. It is among 26 UK towns and cities to feature in the list put together from Google search data analysis by ...

Events roundup: Fabulous entertainment, Family Day fun among February’s offerings in New West. Top-notch entertainers — ...