John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time for ...

Every homeowner dreams of a lush and thick lawn. If you're lucky enough to have healthy turfgrass, you probably spend a lot of time keeping it manicured. When you need to trim a lawn full of tall ...

ST. CLOUD – The St. Cloud City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to repeal a “No Mow May” ordinance because the tall grass this spring wreaked havoc on equipment and provoked complaints from ...

Ridgewood's "No Mow May" proclamation is the first by a New Jersey municipality to take up the challenge started by Great Britain's Plantlife and picked up by Bee City USA encouraging residents to ...

May is often the start of lawn-mowing season, but some cities are taking heed of bees' needs and asking homeowners to let clover, dandelions and other flowering plants grow in May. Do you need an ...