Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about Times Square’s New Year’s Eve tradition. But as some gather around the TV to watch the big, sparkly ball of lights lower over ...

Heavy rains forced the last-minute cancellation of Saturday’s Grayslake Summerfest parade, but some in attendance still managed to have a ball, or two. At the corner of Whitney Street and Center ...

As we were putting away our summer stuff last year, I forgot to store our beach ball, which had rolled into some shrubs and escaped my attention. That made for quite a surprise some weeks later, when ...