Wes Smith

Wildlife Prairie Park currently offers overnight accommodations in three areas. A small Fisherman`s Haven cabin accommodates two people with a queen-size sleeper-sofa only in April and October at rates of...

Pat Hendricks knows what people think about her. She senses it, or hears it nearly every day. ''I was looking at dresses in a shop one day when a woman...

If these lists offer any lesson it is that sinners get better press than saints. It is also apparent that women have held their own with men in both departments....

Writer Richard Rhodes won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for his book on a highly technical topic, ''The Making of the Atom Bomb.'' But when it came time to tackle...

The Chicago alumni of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale have always basked in a particularly festive esprit de corps. It might spring from the fact that while their college experiences...

For more information about Woodside Ranch, write to Woodside Ranch Resort, Mauston, Wis. 53948; 608-847-4275. Here are other riding stables and ranches with camping or guest accommodations in Wisconsin: Bar-N-Ranch,...

Violence and flames fueled by racial rage raced through Miami`s poor black neighborhoods Tuesday in a second night of uproar punctuated by sniper fire, assault, arson and looting. One person...

State funding for medical treatment to public aid patients ran dry Tuesday, putting the financial squeeze on the Illinois Department of Public Aid and hundreds of hospitals. Medicaid patients will...

Tie-dyed shirts, the scent of illicit smoking materials and the arrest of 12 students marked the annual observance of Hash Wednesday at the University of Illinois`s Champaign-Urbana campus. ''I think...

Four prison guards remained hospitalized but were in good condition Thursday following a fire Wednesday in the Pontiac Correctional Center started by three men on Death Row. Prison officials were...