"Art and Soul" an exhibit at The Gallery in downtown Lake Forest will have its opening reception Thursday evening-March 12 from 5:30-7:30PM. The reception is organized by the group: Artists on The Bluff. The artwork exhibited ranges from Impressioni...

• Previews continue for Black Ensemble Theater's season-opening production of "Legends the Musical: A Civil Rights Movement Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" at 4450 N. Clark St., Chicago. Written and directed by founder and artistic director Jackie Ta...

The city of Elgin plans to renew its contract for curbside recycling of textiles and home goods, which in the last 2½ years amounted to more than 500,000 pounds of material that might otherwise have gone to landfills. "I love the program," Councilma...

In the March 17 Democratic primaries, there are 10 candidates for three six-year seats on the board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, a low profile government agency responsible for spending more than $1.1 billion an...

A Glen Ellyn man was found guilty Thursday of first-degree murder for strangling his ex-wife in October 2011 in the apartment they shared. A DuPage County jury of seven men and five women also found Juan Granados guilty of criminal sexual assault of...

Bio Party: Democratic City: Hanover Park Office sought: Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Age: 34 Family: Husband Roberto "Bobby" Sepúlveda, 3-year-old daughter, son who is a high school freshman. Occupation: V...

Bio Party: Democratic City: Chicago Office sought: Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Age: NA Family: Husband and 2 children Occupation: Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Education: B.A. Marketing, Univers...

For four years, Natalie Tittle has played smaller, mostly nonverbal parts in a Schaumburg-based community theater's productions. The 20-year-old has undiagnosed developmental delays and is happy just being included, said Natalie's mother, Patricia T...