Batavia senior Kyle Niemiec is as outgoing and charismatic as they come, so it's no surprise that the Bulldogs quarterback talks a good game. That's all well and good, but what really matters to his teammates, coaches and the rabid Batavia community...

Funny business Catch up with the season two winner of NBC's “Last Comic Standing” when comedian John Heffron returns on Thursday at the Improv Comedy Showcase at Woodfield Mall, 5 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg. $19 plus a two-item purchase. (847) 240-2...

Students and staff members at one of eight National Blue Ribbon Schools in the suburbs celebrated the award with song. Accompanied by piano and guitar, kids and teachers at Meadow Glens Elementary in Naperville belted out a special tune written to ...

Crooner Marx at Genesee Richard Marx, hailing from suburban Highland Park, has an impressive body of work behind him - eleven albums, three No. 1 singles and seven in Billboard's Top 5, plus numerous production and collaboration credits. Plus, h...

Jo Fredell Higgins has written 10 books, but by far the most popular of them all is her photo-story on the history of Naperville called simply "Naperville, Illinois." Released in 2001 as part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series, the boo...

Lake Zurich Unit District 95's board president says it was no easy chore for Kaine Osburn to be hired as the next superintendent for the 2016-17 academic season. Doug Goldberg, the District 95 board leader, said Osburn passed muster with an educati...

Forgettable duo? Comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short ("Three Amigos") share the bill with the bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers for the sarcastically titled music and comedy concert "An Evening You Will Forget For the Rest of Your Life" t...

Jazz great "Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn" is the culminating concert of Chicago's Billy Strayhorn Festival honoring the late great jazz songwriter who had a close collaboration with Duke Ellington. On the bill are Broadway star Dariu...

Comic Boosler Elayne Boosler is known for being a comedian, writer and animal activist. See what she has to say when she performs standup comedy on Friday and Saturday at the Comedy Shrine, 4034 Fox Valley Center Drive, Aurora. $30 plus a two-i...