When Joelene Chinn finishes one of her creations, it’s a bit like Rockford’s infamous Sock Monkey — gone punk. The 33-year-old mother is the mastermind behind the rockin’ sock dolls popping up ...

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A simple search for a gift idea turned into a campaign for change. That's what happened for Atlin, B.C., resident Rebecca Law. After returning home from visiting her family in Trinidad and Tobago, she ...

Students of all ages can register for this community service project for Monday, Jan. 16. You will learn to sew a simple sock doll for a local charity. Tweens in grades 4 thru 6, and caregivers are ...

OSAGE — The old-fashioned, handcrafted sock monkey dolls made with the original Rockford Red Heel socks from Fox River Mills have become a favorite piece of “Americana” over the years. Now, the Osage ...

Joanne Fritz will always remember the way her mother tenderly clutched a stuffed animal during her stay at a nursing home. It was a little brown and white dog, the one Fritz now keeps in her North ...

Some of the best lessons in life we learn from young ones, for they have a way of finding possibility in the most unsuspecting places and seeing potential in almost everything. Their unabashed ...

MACON, Ga. — One critical care nurse wasn't even sure at first if she wanted to go into the medical profession, but a couple of years into her career, she is finding ways to bring comfort to folks ...