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June 17: Bumper to Bumper Car Show at the Taste of Des Plaines, Ellinwood Street and River Road. Cruise in any time after noon. Judging takes place 2-4 p.m. Trophies at 5 p.m. Entry is free. Come for the car show, stay for the...
Updated: Jun 14, 2017 at 06:15 PM
"Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body" (Harper), by Roxane Gay
At her heaviest, Roxane Gay weighed 577 pounds. In her powerful, at times harrowing, new memoir, "Hunger," Gay explains how she got that way and what it's like to live "trapped in a cage" of he...
Updated: Jun 12, 2017 at 11:05 AM
Parishioners at St. Marcelline Parish in Schaumburg think of Memorial Day as Labor Day, and it's no mix-up.
Over the recent holiday weekend, nearly 50 parishioners — adults and teens — labored together to construct walls for a new home for a husband...
Updated: Jun 16, 2017 at 07:16 AM
Incubators and accelerators, including Chicago's famed 1871 and others, focus primarily on developing a new business and making its succeed.
Now, John R. Dallas Jr., CEO of Hillview Partners Network LLC, said it's time for a so-called illuminator. ...
Updated: Jun 19, 2017 at 05:38 PM
Missy Adrian FremdNatural confidence gained from being a part of three state trophies earned on the hardcourt helped make this two-sport star into a top-flight forward for coach Steve Keller. "Missy became a leader on the field this year while i...
Updated: Jun 09, 2017 at 11:01 PM
For Harper College student John Major, "Wheel of Fortune" is a family thing. He grew up watching it with his parents and his grandma, who claimed to have seen every single episode until she died.
It was fitting, then, that Major got the opportunity...
Updated: Jun 08, 2017 at 05:57 PM
Buffalo Grove High School's financial accounting team captured first place in the 32nd annual Harper Area Accounting Contest at Harper College.
Buffalo Grove has won 21 championships in the 32 years the contest has been held. Open to all high schoo...
Updated: Jun 06, 2017 at 12:07 PM
The Arlington Heights Nurses Club introduced its 2017 - 2018 scholarship winners to members at their May meeting. Five outstanding nursing students were honored to receive scholarships to help fund their nursing education.
The Scholarship Committee...
Updated: Jun 05, 2017 at 08:27 AM
Essie Martin's job includes such tasks as shaving assistance, teaching how to open a potato chip bag and detecting why one of the adults with developmental disabilities she cares for is injuring himself.
At about $11 an hour, Martin's a bargain, a f...
Updated: Jun 03, 2017 at 08:15 AM
For the Harper College co-ed water polo program, the recently completed season was a labor of love.
Founded in the 2014-15 school year, the teams faced a special challenge this spring due to the renovation of Harper's pool.
That forced the program f...
Updated: Jun 06, 2017 at 03:15 PM