David Sparkes, county director of buildings and grounds, looks over the clock gears in the clocktower of the Douglas County Courthouse on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. The gear-drive motor for the clock, ...

If a ticking clock is the heartbeat of a home, a little arrhythmia is not uncommon. Old clocks can be fussy, especially when moved from their longstanding positions or relocated to a different type of ...

In a way, Philip D’Avanza is a time traveler. He repairs clocks — concentrating on the enormous timepieces nestled high up in places of worship and public buildings like Newton’s City Hall, where many ...

NICHOLASVILLE — Time just keeps marching on; but even the finest clock needs some adjustment after 135 years of time keeping. So officials called in Danny Clark earlier this week to figure out why the ...

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. While most people check the time on their smartphones, Brittany Nicole Cox is dedicated to preserving an older ...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Cellphones didn’t exist in 1878, the year the giant Seth Thomas clock was installed in the Peoria County Courthouse. Long before the invention of the ubiquitous modern timepiece, ...