trick or treat

This year, with Halloween on a Saturday, there will be lots of treats to be given and a few tricks to remember when knocking on a new door.  The 'official' Trick or Treat times in Lawton are from 6p-8p.  That's when the most candy will be available and the most people will be watching for your little ghost or ghoul.

What happens if you can't be home for the trick or treaters and you leave out the "honor bowl"? You know...bowl of candy with a sign that says "Take ONE please." Bill Michaels of WXLP in Des Moines IA rigged up his house with a video camera to see how honest the kids really are. He said it lasted about half an hour. Watch the little vampire around the 0:22 mark.

The internet exploded this week with news that a Fargo woman was going to hand out letters instead of candy to kids she deemed as "moderately obese," but is it all just a hoax?

I've been watching posts online and seeing quite a few adults in the local shops who plan on participating in the Halloween holiday this year.  Are you over the age of eighteen and plan on dressing up this year? Long ago I quit dressing up for Halloween, but last year I had several Trick or Treaters that appeared to be my age or older knocking on my door...

This year, some children in Fargo, North Dakota may get a bigger trick than treat when hitting the streets for trick-or-treating. That's because a woman in the city has decided to take a stand against childhood obesity, which on its face it's a noble effort. However, the method in which she is doing it is turning heads.

Finding the best places to trick-or-treat is serious business for kids all across the United States. And now, thanks to the people at Zillow, locating the most Halloween friendly cities in America is a little easier with the recent release of their fourth annual trick-or-treat index ranking the 20 best cities for collecting the most ghoulish loot.

(updated 11/4/11, see below) There’s still no confirmation on our earlier report suggesting that Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant has married his Band of Joy bandmate Patty Griffin, but as this Halloween photo (since removed) from Austin suggests, they seem to be “playing house,” at the very least!

Everyone thinks their neighborhood is the best for trick-or-treating. But the folks at real estate site Zillow have actually compiled a list of the best cities for scoring some ‘tricks or treats’ this Halloween. In creating its third annual Trick-or-Treat Index, Zillow considered factors such as median home values, crime rates, population density and overall “walkability” when choosing the 20 best