Des Plaines Lifestyle
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Schools to host Kate Conlon Basketball TournamentDec 02, 2017 12:00 am - St. Raymond Parish School, Lincoln Junior High School and St. Viator High School will host the 26th annual Kate Conlon Basketball Tournament Thursday through Sunday, Dec...
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South Elgin man raises funds for Puerto Rico, helps with relief effortsNov 28, 2017 10:00 pm - Thad Van Hiel believes in charitable giving, but does not like clicking on a website to do so. Instead, he likes to know exactly who his money goes to and what they do w...
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The history of St. Mark Lutheran ChurchNov 28, 2017 10:00 pm - St. Mark Lutheran Church began as the Mount Prospect Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1945 when five families were approached by Chicago pastors and asked to begin a missi...
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Arlington Heights lawyer honored for mentoring, advising other attorneysNov 28, 2017 7:00 am - Arlington Heights attorney Ernie Blomquist has served as the village's prosecutor for 40 years, but he still draws on his roots as a teacher. Before his law career, Blom...
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Constable: 50 years later, brothers finish mission to take Vietnam hillNov 28, 2017 4:30 am - The first time that Carl Robbins vowed to get to the top of Hill 875, he watched his best friend get killed and then got severely wounded himself short of the peak, befo...
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Church Women United of Des Plaines Donations Benefit Three Local GroupsNov 27, 2017 10:00 pm - Church Women United (CWU) of Des Plaines presented three local charitable organizations with donations of $275 each at the observance of World Community Day, held Nov. 3...
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No place screams 'The Seventies' like the back of a vanNov 27, 2017 5:00 am - Here's the skinny: if you were a totally far-out cat in the mid-1970s, you didn't cruise around in some hot rod. Nah, they were for chumps. What you wanted was a righteo...
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WACO needs volunteers for 25th annual Christmas Shopping ToursNov 26, 2017 10:00 pm - The Woodfield Area Children's Organization is hoping for more than 800 teenagers and adult volunteers to help them take nearly 600 preschoolers Christmas Shopping in Dec...
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Join Special Olympics IL by #Giving2Play on #GivingTuesdayNov 26, 2017 10:00 pm - This #GivingTuesday join Special Olympics Illinois in #Giving2PLAY! On Tuesday, Nov. 28, charities, families, businesses, community centers and students around the worl...
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Going from 'goods' to great with year-end givingNov 26, 2017 10:00 pm - For more than 120 years, One Hope United (onehopeunited.org), the organization I lead, has been helping children and families reach their full potential through a wide r...