Lifestyle
-
Celebrate ‘Kickoff Sunday’ at Gary UMC in WheatonAug 27, 2025 11:17 pm - On Sunday, Sept. 7, Gary United Methodist Church, 224 N. Main St. in Wheaton, will celebrate “Kickoff Sunday.”
-
Our Lady of Guadalupe sculpture makes appearance in Des PlainesAug 27, 2025 10:20 pm - A life-size sculpture of the “Pilgrim Mother” — Our Lady of Guadalupe — made its first U.S. stop in Des Plaines Wednesday as part of an international tour. The exhibition will be open to the public in the St. Joseph Chapel at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe and remain on display there through Sept. 30.
-
Why are gas prices up just before Labor Day road trips start?Aug 27, 2025 6:33 pm - It’s the last fling before fall. Here’s what to expect at airports, gas stations in other states and on the roadways this long weekend.
-
Celebrate Doggy Dip at Diamond Lake Beach with your furry friendAug 27, 2025 5:01 pm - Doggy Dip will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30 at Diamond Lake Beach, 1016 N. Diamond Lake Road, Mundelein.
-
‘A sense of hope’: Barrington man to run 80 miles in 23 hours to feed needy families at ThanksgivingAug 27, 2025 4:26 pm - Rob Swiderski of Barrington will run 80 miles in 23 hours in hopes of raising $25,000 for the Basket Brigade of Suburban Chicago. The group provides meals for families in need throughout the suburbs at Thanksgiving.
-
FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adults
Aug 27, 2025 12:49 pm - U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 shots Wednesday but limited their use for many Americans — and removed one of the two vaccines available for young children.
-
Mentorship lifts first-generation scholars from District 211 to college successAug 27, 2025 11:49 am - With nearly 400 supporters in attendance, Excel Beyond 211 Dollars for Scholars, a nonprofit group assisting first-generation college students, celebrated the success of 27 recent college graduates.
-
Pedestrian bridge, parking spaces coming to Mundelein park after close voteAug 27, 2025 11:25 am - Mundelein will spend more than a half-million dollars for a pedestrian bridge and additional parking at a popular park — and not all the trustees are happy about it.
-
Make new milestones every dayAug 27, 2025 11:09 am - Annettee Budzban says we need to embrace the milestones in our lives.
-
Inside the $7M project to save Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic masterpiece
Aug 27, 2025 10:59 am - For the past two years, staff at Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s many-terraced masterpiece in the woods of Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands, have been overseeing a $7 million renovation.