Spring has sprung and with it we can expect the usual – warmer weather, the arrival of migrating birds returning from their Southern winter refuge and, of course, allergies. If you suffer from allergies, this is a particularly frustrating time of year. You want to escape the cabin fever that winter imposed but, to do so, you have to directly expose yourself to the pollen that is the primary assailant

Did you set your clocks ahead today? Here in Richmond, we observe the coming and going of Daylight Savings Time and this is the weekend when it’s time to set our clocks ahead. Fire departments have used the weekends when we reset our clocks as a means of reminding us to check the batteries in our smoke alarms and CO2 alarms. That’s a very good idea. It could save your life. This is also an opportune

You don’t look at that rugged terrain as a problem; you see it as a challenge and an opportunity. Your truck is up to the challenge and so are you. Well, hopefully, your truck is up to the challenge and, hopefully, your off-road suspension is up to the challenge, too. Off-roading isn’t for the faint of heart, whether we’re talking about the driver or the truck (or even a car modified for off-road

If you track your car’s gas mileage, here in McHenry County, you’ve noticed that your mileage generally goes down; you just don’t get as many miles per gallon in the winter as you do in the summer. Why is that? One of the primary reasons that winter gas mileage drops for drivers bearing the full force of a McHenry County winter is that the cold affects a change in the way we operate a vehicle