As a junior at Fremd High School in Palatine in 1974, Ruth Ford longed for one of those $150 class rings to announce her upcoming graduation as a member of the Class of 1975. "That was a lot of money," remembers Ruth, who now uses the last name Drak...

On September 11, Travis Hall, 13, and his family, served dinner to over 150 first responders at the Leyden Fire Protection District Station, 2600 Manheim Road in Franklin Park, for the ninth year in a row. Serving those who served, included fire, po...

Kerry Lavelle, founding partner of Lavelle Law in Schaumburg, will host a webinar for the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association in which he will share practical tips for attorneys in their first two years of practicing law. The webi...

Every story is different. Some are steeped in tragedy. Some move you to tears. Some are almost impossible to believe. All inspire beyond words. Michigan's Tracy Ramin lost all of his blood — plus two more pints — after he was hit on the side of a Mi...

Dan Wessler is a music teacher at heart, but he is also the bass of an international Gold Medalist Quartet in the Barbershop Harmony Society. In addition, he directs the New Tradition Chorus, a men's a cappella chorus that has members from all over...

The North Suburban YMCA will conclude a year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary with "Fall Fest", an unprecedented community party on Saturday, October 5th from 4:00 to 10:00 p.m. The Y's parking lot and grounds will be filled with food, musi...

Northbrook, Illinois resident Howard J. Wise, 51, has announced his candidacy for the March 17, 2020 Democratic Primary for Cook County Circuit Court Judge for the 12th Judicial Subcircuit. Wise started his 22+ year legal career in the Cook County S...

Jordan Bruder is too young to remember the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But she recalls growing up believing the blame for the 9/11 attacks was squarely put “on Muslim people,” an indictment some people in the towns she grew up in, in south ce...

Every student at Seward Communication Arts Academy, a CPS school in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, and 150 students through Refugee One, an organization that creates opportunity for refugees fleeing war, terror and persecution received a fully ...