TODAY Cake Baking 101 Join pastry chef Laura Gialluisi, owner of Edible Arts Creations in Bartlett, and learn the basics of baking and decorating cakes and a variety tips and techniques in this Cooking with the Best Chefs class from 7 to 9 p.m....

It is deep in August, Congress is not in session, Mark Kirk is in the district. Next month, Congress is about to take up the greatest issue of the past few years: to be or not to be in Iraq. Mark Kirk's constituents are greeted with a thundering si...

I have begun to discern a pattern to Mark Kirk's silence on the greatest issue of the past few years: to be or not to be in Iraq. In my district over the past year, I've been allotted two public forums by Mr. Kirk (both on the same day, March 10, in...

Darren Szrom was appointed vice president of marketing and communication at the Schaumburg-based Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute. He has extensive experience in marketing, advertising and communications within the engineering, architecture ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Nearly six years ago, officials with Lazarus House planned a new St. Charles shelter keyed on $50,000 from the state. But then Gov. Rod Blagojevich was elected and halted the funding along with millions worth of similar project spendi...

SPRINGFIELD -- Suburban lawmakers were stunned Friday to find Gov. Rod Blagojevich touring area flooding and promising to do all he could to help, given that just 24 hours earlier he'd wiped out state funding for flood control projects, writing them...

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today declared Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to be state disaster areas. The governor toured the floodwaters of the Des Plaines River area by air before meeting with reporters in Fox Lake around noon. "Even befo...

From the clubs To submit a listing, send e-mail to clubs@dailyherald.com, or fax to Club News at (847) 427-1301. Bicycle Club of Lake County: The Bicycle Club of Lake County will sponsor a Singles Ride at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 and Oct....

SPRINGFIELD - Suburban lawmakers were stunned Friday to find Gov. Rod Blagojevich touring area flooding and promising to do all he could to help, given that just 24 hours earlier he'd wiped out state funding for flood control projects, writing them ...

Baseball, softball Arlington Cardinals: Tryouts for the 2008 11- to 14-year-old Arlington Cardinals Full Time Baseball Club teams of the Arlington Heights Youth Athletic Association will be held on the following dates or rescheduled in the event...