The scariest thing to happen to me so far this spooky season?  Opening an unassuming Insomnia Cookies box to find a dessert alarmingly shrouded with shiny sprinkles and bloodlike red velvet frosting:...

Michael Myers. Freddy Krueger. Jason Voorhees. Ghostface. All fear-instilling figures. All the stuff of nightmares. After opening the Insomnia Cookies' box, I could add another name to that list -- the...

The smell of bonfires, the taste of S’mores.  Short sleeves traded for sweaters, sandals for boots.  Ice cold lemonade turns to hot apple cider.  Pictures posted from Raiders, Tanners, Curtis’...

From donuts to pie, cupcakes to ice cream, there’s no better way to get in the fall spirit than with a pumpkin-flavored dessert.  My expectations entering Nothing Bundt Cakes to sample their seasonal...

I could bask in that perfect pumpkin scent of fall-flavored food every day for the rest of my life. It's the first thing I look forward to when the blankets come out and the leaves start to turn. When...

Pumpkin and I have a love-hate relationship.  Pumpkin bars? Adore them. Pumpkin pie? Despise it.  When Starbucks released its fall offerings this year on Friday, Aug. 30, the Pumpkin Cream...

Witzig’s four years playing point guard for Morton High School, “got [him] interested in basketball, [in] high school basketball,” Witzig said. “They had a great team that was undefeated… until...

Then, something clicked. Community overcame the double-digit deficit, defeating U-High 42-38. Mr. Matthew Schweinberg, who was a senior then, playing combo guard on Witzig’s 2000-01 squad, credited...

In 28 seasons, there have been plenty of times for things to not work out in the Iron’s favor. A game against West comes to mind for Witzig, a game where the Wildcats took home the Regional crown. “I...

With five years before his retirement as a teacher, Witzig has no plan of calling it quits as head varsity basketball coach at Community. After 23 seasons, 468 wins, two State appearances, 10 Regional...