The 145th Kane County Fair has been offering summer fun for generations of families. The fair offers food and a variety of entertainment suitable or kids and adults, including carnival rides, music, agricultural exhibits and livestock.



When police officers initially responded to the scene, the case was filed as a missing juvenile. It was not ruled an abduction until Monday when the Amber Alert was issued. The reason for the delay were conflicting stories police received from Jonathan's mother and stepfather.

If you don't have an AM/FM radio or a weather/alert radio available a radio scanner (also known as a police scanner or race scanner) can be a good alternative to get information. Depending on the scanner's capabilities, they can pick up a wide range of frequencies, including the NOAA frequencies. Like the AM/FM radios and weather/alert radios, they cannot transmit a signal.

If you haven't heard of AM/FM radio, you may want to get out more. AM/FM, more commonly FM, radio is a daily part of most American's lives. They're used in almost every vehicle, portable radios are used by joggers, alarm clocks, etc. You've probably heard a test of the emergency broadcast system on the radio. It comes across as an irritating buzzing noise followed by a message stating something to the effect of "This has been a test of the emergency broadcast system". In an emergency situation, you will most likely be hearing important information on most FM stations.

I watched a father take a photo of his daughter with a police officer on the viewing platform. It reminded me of the time Dad stopped an off-duty firefighter in a Dallas Sabarro's and insisted on paying for his lunch.

What's the biggest source of money stream issues for small and mid sized trucking companies? Slow paying clients. Clients that take up to 60 days to pay their freight bills. Although large trucking firms can certainly deal with ready - small trucking firms with few power units often cannot afford the wait. As an proprietor, you want the money and also you need it now.

Grave Digger is the most popular monster truck of all-time. The original was created by superstar Dennis Anderson back in 1981. Today, there are six Grave Digger trucks. That's impressive considering that each one costs over $250,000 to build and needs $100,000 worth of spare parts.

Pack your moving boxes by offices. Avoid mixing items from different offices in the same moving boxes. There will be less or in an ideal world no confusion when you reach your new office.