National Bike Month launches May 1, and with it plenty of opportunities to shake the dust off your bike.
It’s never too early to start planning for Mother’s Day. It may seem like you have plenty of time before Sunday, May 12, but dining reservations go quickly. We found a few places — about 100, give or take — to get you started.
Grayslake native Claudia Kauck knew from a very young age what she wanted to do in life. Call it being a product of her environment. Certainly, hard work and study were i...
Plainfield Elementary School Principal Lisa Carlos returned to the Des Plaines campus from lunch Monday to discover she’d won a Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leade...
Crystal Lake resident Cindy Crouse picked up the ice skates again at age 46 to take her niece ice skating. She hadn’t been on the ice for about 35 years, but immediately ...
Chicken fried steak is typically a cheap cut of beef that is breaded and fried, then served with a white gravy. The go-to cut is cube steak, which is round steak that has been run through a mechanical tenderizer, known as a meat cuber or swissing machine. Serve with mashed potatoes and green beans for a complete meal.
A recently discovered time capsule from the 1950s offered parishioners attending Sunday Mass at St. James Parish in Arlington Heights a glimpse into the Catholic church’s...