Rachel Duckett

The circular mirror has a red silk cord attached to it. It's made of two bronze plates, the front plate acting as the mirrored surface. But there's more to it than meets the eye.

Ronda Wilson lives in an apartment at the Marycrest Senior Campus in Davenport. When she moved in five years ago, she hoped it would be her last move. But soon, she began to worry about her safety.

Columbia University researchers are using grains of sediment left behind on the ocean floor millions of years ago to track the movement of icebergs through the Southern Ocean’s “Iceberg Alley."

U.S. at risk of losing elimination status after year of outbreaks, including in Illinois.

One evening in the late 1800s, a lighthouse keeper named John Herman was drinking, as he usually did, when he decided to play a prank on his assistant. Herman locked the assistant in the lantern room and left him there. When the assistant managed to get out of the room, he found himself all alone in the lighthouse. Herman was never seen again.

What do you get when you mix mayonnaise, a vaudeville star, two swanky hotels and a fisherman’s wife? If you guessed Thousand Island dressing and an age-old mystery, you’d be correct. Today, Thousand Island dressing is bottled and sold in grocery stores nationwide. You may even find a simplified version of the dressing (mayonnaise, ketchup or tomato puree, and pickle relish) at your favorite burger spot, masquerading as their “special” or “secret” sauce.