Dyer benefits from increased cooperation

Erick Cunningham, dressed as Spider-Man, holds his 5-month-old son Lawson, dressed as Captain America, as they wait for Dyer's 12th annual Halloween Parade last fall.

A year later, some like Christmas NBA start better

NEW YORK | Doc Rivers left home for the holiday, lost the game, and loved every minute of it.

Museum of Science and Industry's Christmas Around the World fun for all ages

Visitors to Christmas Around the World will stroll through 50 trees decorated by local ethnic communities, enjoy intermittent falling "snow" and see performances on the Holiday Stage.

Illinois sparking a refugee health care revolution

A movement spreading across Illinois is creating a health care revolution for refugees from countries including Burma, Bhutan and Iraq.

Crete Library hosts Halloween fun for the ghouls

CRETE | The Crete Public Library hosted a Halloween-themed Girls Night Out in October.

Crete Library hosts Halloween fun for the ghouls

Lilana Posada made a fun bat Halloween pillow during the October Girls Night Out at the Crete Public Library.

Costumed creatures get blessing

Ravenfall Manor aims to grow for a good cause

KOUTS | Carl Pyles and Brandon Johnston have been turning their front yard into Ravenfall Manor for the past three years in order to give a good scare to trick-or-treaters.

Ravenfall Manor aims to grow for a good cause

Carl Pyles raises a vampire decoration into a tree Wednesday at his houme in Kouts. Pyles and his roomate Brandon Johnston have put together their scary yard display for three years.

Ravenfall Manor aims to grow for a good cause

Brandon Johnston puts together his Halloween yard display at his home in Kouts on Wednesday. The display grows each year.

Ravenfall Manor aims to grow for a good cause

Kouts resident Brandon Johnston puts together a skeleton Wednesday in his front yard. Johnston and his roommate Carl Pyles have made a scary yard display for the past three years.

Ravenfall Manor aims to grow for a good cause

Brandon Johnston takes a moment to look at his front yard full of skeletons, monsters and decorations in Kouts. Johnston and Carl Pyles have put together their front yard scene for three years and have plans to make it bigger.

Ravenfall Manor aims to grow for a good cause

Brandon Johnston, of Kouts, puts together a skeleton in his front yard. Johnston and friend Carl Pyles have put together their front yard display for three years.

Son brings back fun side of Halloween

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Lansing announces winners of pumpkin decorating contest

LANSING | Lansing municipal employee Davina Frazier won this year's pumpkin decorating contest with her version of the village's clock tower design.

Lansing announces winners of pumpkin decorating contest

From left are Lansing municipal employees Charles Johnson, Julie Sciackitano, Carlotta Lopez, Cheryl Kasper, Kay Sheppard, Karen Adams, from the Lansing Food Pantry, first place winner Davina Frazier, Marsha McCroy, from the Lansing Food Pantry, Planning and Economic Development Director Kri…

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DMK Bloody Burger

At the DMK Burger Bar, with Chicagoland locations in both Lakeview and Lombard (dmkburgerbar.com), the favorite appetite conversation starter on the menu, at least until midnight, is something called The Bloody Burger, comprised of steak tartare, topped with a fried egg, garlic aioli and sal…