Mathie Videos

At Brookfield Zoo they don't have eight reindeer-- but they do have two new little sleigh pullers.

Many years ago there was a very successful ad campaign for the "un-cola." It sold lots of pop. Now there is another "un" word in the news and it's raising lots of questions. The word is "unfriend."

Brookfield Zoo is getting on the right track for the holiday season. This year, the zoo's Holiday Magic Festival will feature more than 1 million lights, plus a large model railroad.

Chicago trial lawyer Donald Casey has a story to tell, and it's not about his 52 years in the courtroom. It's about his times in WWII as a navigator on a B-17 bomber that was shot down over Germany.

"Don't forget to wear your mouthguard." That's what every mother says to her little boy as he heads out to play football. Now some NFL coaches are saying the same thing to their star players, and it's happening because of a Northwest Side dentist.

Back in the 1920s and '30s, an electric trolley ran from Elgin to Aurora and back again.

A Libertyville man has skipped the pumpkins and replaced them with skeleton soldiers. It's sort of a Halloween history lesson.

You've heard the old saying that there's no such thing as a free lunch. That's usually true, but not always.

There are thousands of different choices for Halloween costumes each year. Yet, many still have a problem making a decision.

It was now or never for all of you Elvis Presley fans out there.

The Davidson family owns a dairy farm, but in the fall, giant pumpkins take the cake... er, pie.

Where do senior-citizen cockatoos go to retire?

If you want to live like an ancient Persian king, you have a chance for your dream to come true.

Starting this weekend you can swim with sharks, go hunting with sea lions and even take a subzero dip with penguins- without even getting wet.

Barbara Spanier, who lives in southwest suburban Burbank, has been sending letters from home to troops since 1944.

A tiny antelope is big news at Brookfield Zoo.

Mario's Italian Lemonade uses a family recipe that combines sugar, fresh fruit, water -- and Marios. Lots of them.

The John Dillinger Museum is run by the South Shore Conventions Authority in Hammond. It's a rare collection of everything Dillinger-- including his youth, his family and his Midwest bank robbing adventures in 1934.

The Chicago Park District is beginning a new tour of the old fountain that is all in the Buckingham basement.