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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

Chicago Saucy and bossy Looking to get out of the house? Consider “A Holiday Tour of Drinks, Daleys and Dead Guys,” an atypical downtown holiday walking tour. Primarily indoors, the tour includes classic and off-the-beaten-path sites and stories. Le...

Here's a look back at some of the biggest stories in the Northwest suburbs in 2016: Zurich's new headquarters Zurich North America's stunning 750,000-square-foot, $400 million headquarters in Schaumburg opened in September, bucking the trend of corp...

You know that old cliché about it being the best of times and the worst of times? Well, when it comes to our animal friends, the same holds true in 2016. Take dogs, for instance. On the negative side, there was another outbreak of the canine flu and...