April 2026

I bet most of us our enjoying this burst of warm weather. My weekly weather email stated that for our meteorological district to date for the month of April, it is the 14th warmest out of the last 135 years. It is also a bit wet still. Planting will take Read more

At 9:15 P.M. on March 21, my wife and I boarded the Amtrak train, City of New Orleans, in Kankakee. Upon entering the train, we went to the dining car and had a late dinner. We learned quickly that the train made some serious wobbles upon the tracks; it wasn’t Read more