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Mark Lavender Interiors When Sonia Esler, an artist based in Chicago, moved into her home with her husband and two children, she thought about hiring a designer to help with a few key things, but she knew she didn't want somebody that would just focus on the pretty. She wanted a designer who was a critical thinker and would be a true collaborator, understanding (and embracing) her love of plaid, rainbows and her need to recreate—or perhaps, rewrite for her own kids—certain moments from her '80s childhood. Mark Lavender Interiors She found Mark Lavender, of M. Lavender Interiors, and th...

The deputy makes a new friend NEWPORT -- A Monroe County sheriff's deputy was on police duty when he unexpectedly made a new friend. Deputy Zachary Straub had responded to a call in the Marshall Fields subdivision near Newport when resident Wayne Braden spotted the patrol car Friday afternoon. Braden's 15-month-old grandson, Easton, happened to playing in his own police car at the time. The deputy stopped and took the time to meet with the family and show the toddler a real-life police car. "It was really something," Wayne Braden said. "The deputy was awesome with my grandson. He didn't have ...

Would we have "The Wizard of Oz" in its many iterations -- from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" book to Broadway shows "Wicked" and "The Wiz" -- without L. Frank Baum's Chicago years? New PBS "American Experience" documentary considers the author's life.

One of America’s leading financiers in the 1800s was Charlemagne Tower, Senior. His family roots began in England, then arrived in the first Puritan colonies in America, and eventually moved to New York State. His wife, Amelia Bartle Tower, was born in Ohio but traveled with her parents to California, where she met Charlemagne during a trip he made there. After their marriage they settled in Pennsylvania. He began to invest in the development of coal mines and the railroads that went with them. One of his railroads was the famous Reading Railroad. During the American Civil War, Charlemag...

None of us are without prejudices, however, I believe we must strive not to act upon them, particularly when making public policy.