Search
9712 results returned for search: "Northbrook"
A couple years back, the Chicago Cubs drafted a kid out of Indiana University.
When a few of us media types saw the name of the scout who recommended the kid, we figured he had a chance.
That kid's name was Kyle Schwarber, and the scout who recomm...
Updated: Jan 06, 2017 at 11:49 PM
Macy's Inc. said Wednesday it will close 68 stores by the end of this year, including the one at Stratford Square Mallin Bloomingdale.
The retail giant plans to cut about 6,200 jobs after holiday sales came in lower than forecast. The Stratford ...
Updated: Jan 06, 2017 at 08:55 AM
Northbrook-based Allstate Corp. said that the mobile-device insurer that it acquired for $1.4 billion had posted five years of losses before the deal.
SquareTrade Holding Co.'s annual loss narrowed to $26.5 million in 2015 from $37.4 million in 2014...
Updated: Jan 06, 2017 at 08:54 AM
Members and guests of the Chicago Creative Pro Users Group were treated to an evening with Apple Inc., that included a presentation touting the new features of Final Cut Pro X and to try some hands on editing with the company's new MacBook Pros with...
Updated: Jan 04, 2017 at 01:23 PM
Despite the wintry weather, children and parents can start "thinking summer" with the release of the North Suburban YMCA's Summer Day Camp Program Guide. The 2017 guide is filled with exciting new programs for kids in Pre-K through junior high, incl...
Updated: Jan 04, 2017 at 07:09 AM
In a world of uncertainty, you can count on one thing: our annual transportation predictions for the new year by a panel of experts on planes, trains, automobiles and politics.
Let's start with one close to home. Despite momentum at the Illinois tol...
Updated: Jan 03, 2017 at 06:02 AM
During the month of January, the North Suburban YMCA's Community Gallery features a show of nature and wildlife photographs by Brian Kabat, as well as watercolors and pastels by Karen Bonner. Both artists prove that it's never too late to try a new...
Updated: Jan 03, 2017 at 07:05 AM
On May 12, Michael Szot told students at his old school, Geneva High, how one bad decision started him on a path that led to him causing the death of two friends.
A month later he, too, was dead.
Szot, 23, died June 16 of drug intoxication, from a c...
Updated: Dec 28, 2016 at 06:32 AM
Good morning!
Yes, I'm back. For one day.
Where did the year go?
I celebrated my 80th birthday with relative ease in June, and my grandson Mark started college in September. Those significant events certainly helped make 2016 a memorable year.
When ...
Updated: Dec 27, 2016 at 05:56 AM
A former Chicago Cubs pitcher and baseball analyst is applauding a recent Illinois High School Association decision to limit the number of pitches high school baseball players can throw per game.
But Dave Otto says it's only part of the equation to ...
Updated: Dec 27, 2016 at 05:56 AM