Bill Hageman

You walk into your bathroom, and the toilet paper roller is empty. On the back of the toilet sits a new roll, put there by a previous visitor who apparently...

Each year, hundreds of area gardeners throw open the gates to their growing spaces and let the public take a peek. Garden clubs, neighborhood associations, civic groups and non-profit agencies...

Friday is the first of the Sox-Cubs games this season, symbolizing the greater North Side vs. South Side rivalry. But lost in the hype devoted to that divide are other...

NATIONAL LEAGUE FOUNDED 1876 April 25, 1876 Chicago White Stockings -- later to become the Cubs -- make National League debut with 4-0 victory in Louisville. The team goes on...

On June 23, 1895, a game against Cleveland was interrupted after the third inning so the entire Cubs team could be arrested for violating laws banning baseball on Sundays. While...

Last week, the White Sox marketing boss Rob Gallas quit. The team is now looking for a replacement -- and new ideas for increasing its perennially low attendance. To help,...

Forget those lame birthday cards with flowers or candle-lit cakes on the front and sappy sentiment inside. Go for the laugh and pick up Tomato Cards' tribute to the folks...

Architecture Robert Ivy, the editor of New York City-based Architectural Record magazine, predicts that architects will go beyond the now-mature concept of ecologically minded, or "sustainable," design and will shape...

Radio "Probably the most exciting thing to happen in radio," says Ron Rodrigues, editor-in-chief of Radio & Records magazine, "was satellite radio." That, for those of you still stuck in...

This week's heat gave us a chance to try the old it's-hot-enough-to-fry-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk trick. We consulted weathermen Brant Miller of WMAQ-TV and Tom Skilling of WGN-TV on where Chicagoland's hot spots...