rules

It made for a very entertaining movie plot, but the question of how old a child must be before they can be legally left home alone in Illinois is a serious question. Plus, Illinois has some of the strictest requirements in the country that could get you in big trouble if a child is below a certain age.

There are rules of the road and there are also some unspoken understandings of things you do to help other drivers you encounter on a Missouri roadway. One controversial means of communicating is by use of headlights and there are good reasons why you want to slow down immediately when someone flashes their lights at you 3 times.

Illinois Metra introduces new passenger code of conduct to maintain a safe and respectful environment on trains.

I wish I had a nickel for every Missouri driveway and/or sidewalk that I've shoveled in my lifetime. Spoiler Alert - I don't have any nickels. But, does Missouri law require me to shovel snow? That's a question with a lot of complicated answers depending on several factors.

The more things change, the more things stay the same. That's actually not true of the Missouri firearms deer season as there are numerous changes to know about before heading out into the backcountry.

I was always taught that turning left on red was a no-no. As it turns out, that is not always the case. There is one scenario where you can legally turn left on red in Illinois, but it's very specific.

Is it okay to bring some giggles to the work email grind? Or will using GIFs and memes get you kicked out of the professional club?

As someone old enough to remember seeing the movie Home Alone in the theater, I recall as we exited the theater overhearing a woman say to her husband "If you and I did something like that, and left a kid behind at home, we'd be going to jail!"

These "rules" make life a little less stressful for all shoppers, especially during the holiday shopping season.

The other day, as I was watching my wife carry in a metric ton or two of Halloween candy from the garage, I happened upon an article that was talking about the hard line being drawn on Halloween trick-or-treaters by the city of Roanoke, Virginia.