TMA Board Member Steve Kase Participates in Aurora “Fab Lab” Kickoff (Park Ridge)-TMA Board Member, and Immediate Past Chairman, Steve Kase today participated in the kick off event for the Aurora visit of the Fab Lab mobile manufacturing laboratory....

With just seven Metra directors left out of 11, shouldn't the endangered remainder just resign en masse? After all, they lack the required eight votes to hire a new CEO or pick a chairman, and critics blame them for the latest scandal smearing the a...

A turbulent situation at Metra could get even choppier with the possibility of a stalemate on Chairman Brad O'Halloran's future. With two directors leaving, the votes needed to remove O'Halloran might not be there — even if a majority wants him out....

James Laurie “Deacon” White died near St. Charles in 1939, just 25 days after the first induction ceremony at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Now, 74 years later, the one-time Aurora resident regarded by historians as one of the greatest catcher...

One of four regional environmental collection centers in the state will be expanding and getting a new home in Naperville thanks to a $900,000 grant Gov. Pat Quinn announced Friday. The grant will help the city construct a $1.18 million recycling fa...

Singer-songwriter Lisa McClowry, whose distinctive voice has been heard in major motion pictures, as well as on worldwide radio and in TV jingles, will join Paramount Theatre Artistic Director Jim Corti as a celebrity judge in the fifth annual Auror...

The fifth annual Aurora Public Library Teen Talent Show Competition, set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Copley Theatre in downtown Aurora, is shaping up to be the most entertaining show yet, according to planners. This year, the talent show wi...

When Zishu “Shawn” Li left his native Congqing, China, in 2000, he came directly to Chicago. His journey didn’t stop there as the young entrepreneur made a name for himself in the suburban restaurant industry that includes his latest business, 8000 ...

Ted Callahan of Lombard is called the “Brahma Bull” by his friends because he is strong like a bull but has a personality as gentle as a lamb. He also sports a bull tattoo on his shoulder that he touches for good luck when powerlifting. Callahan is...