A scarecrow-building contest was among the highlights of the four-hourlong annual Autumn Harvest festival Saturday at North School Park in Arlington Heights. Kids and adults created dozens of ...

Scarecrows do a much better job scaring humans than they do scaring birds. If scarecrows were used to ward off birds, adds James P. Leary, a historian and folklorist focused on rural Midwestern life, ...

Fall is a magical time. The leaves change color, the air turns brisk, hot apple cider and bonfires trend and scarecrows arrive. If you’ve never ventured beyond pumpkin carving and need scarecrow craft ...

OXFORD — The Oxford Community Center hosted its first ever scarecrow building event on Wednesday. The scarecrows will be placed around town, and one fear-inducing, straw-filled figure will take home ...

SEATTLE — The longtime home to Scarecrow Video, at 5030 Roosevelt Way N.E., went on the block this week — along with two contiguous parcels extending north to the corner of Northeast 52nd Street. West ...