Dale Evans

Feb. 17, 1961: The death of Burdette E. Lowery, 67, was an accident – or was it? Lowery, a retired engineer, was tenant in a home at 514 Via De La Paz occupied by Turner Ashby Martin, 41, and his......

GARRY'S MIXTAPE Rolling Stones - Undercover of the Night Jarrett's Mixtape a. Over the Hills and Far Away by Led Zeppelin b. I'm a Pretender by Exploding Hearts c. Ballad of Jim Jones by Brian Jonestown Massacre d. Dusty Nothing by Dead Meadow e....

William Boyd, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans! Oct. 24, 1951: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker and William Bendix are expected for the premiere of ???Detective Story??? at the Fox Wilshire Theater. Is that Keefe Brasselle, author of "The CanniBalS?" It sure is!...

Jan. 10, 1948: Hedda Hopper says, “Roy Rogers and Dale Evans get back here from their honeymoon Jan. 17. They will settle in their new town house, then bring Roy's children in from the ranch to live with them.�...

-- Big money: Artwork from the estate of writer Michael Crichton has brought $93.3 million at auction, led by Jasper Johns' "Flag" (1960-66), which sold for a record price of $28.6 million. (Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg). -- Recovery plan:......

It was Cincinnati, 1929, and the Slye family was struggling to make ends meet. To help out, 17-year-old Leonard Slye traded high school for a shoe factory job. Perhaps it was a youthful whim that led him to pay $20......

Americans tend to think Lazy Susans are kitschy relics of the 1950s and 1960s, but the lineage turns out to be longer and more distinguished. Historians can trace the concept to 18th century England, when it was probably known as a dumbwaiter....

EVERY road sings its own tune. Route 66 is a classic, sometimes raucous ditty from Chicago to L.A.; Highway 1 a twisty ballad to the voluptuous California coast; and U.S. 395 a mandolin-driven ode to the West that evokes images of cowboy boots and...

"Cool Green Stuff: A Guide to Finding Great Recycled, Sustainable, Renewable Objects You Will Love" [$14.95, Clarkson Potter, 248 pages] is a thought-provoking collection of, as the title aptly puts it, really cool stuff — such as place mats made of...

The U.S. State Department has removed a stand-alone advisory citing drug violence along the U.S.-Mexico border and dropped its travel warning against Libya. The public announcement on Mexico, which cited murders and kidnappings of Americans and urged...

At first glance, Branson is an abomination. And as I write that, I can imagine millions of Chicago readers--readers who have never been down here--congratulating themselves on never having been to Branson.You're wrong. Stay with me through these...

Tom Jones was itchy. The sexy singer had just charmed the pants — and panties — off a raving crowd at the 1970 Allentown Fair and he was too revved up to retire for the night. He wanted to see a movie after 11 p.m. in a town where movie houses were...