Fifth Third Bank will close 44 Fifth Third and MB Financial branches in the suburbs and Chicago next month, part of the Ohio-based bank's move to consolidate operations in the wake of its merger with MB Financial Bank last year. The closings will ta...

Married for 31 years with two daughters, Kolosky worked at a call center in Naperville where she spent most of her time talking on the phone. When Kolosky's voice turned raspy and softer in April 2016, she assumed it was because of her profession. B...

The Fourth of July is still days away, but fireworks options start Saturday. Here's a town-by-town breakdown, with full festival and concert details on Page X. Displays are free unless otherwise noted. Antioch: 9:15 p.m. Thursday, July 4, on Main St...

The July 5 preview of Kokandy Productions' "Head Over Heels" will be a bit of a mini reunion for Wheaton-Warrenville's Class of '78 speech team. At least 25 alums will help fill the theater because the unconventional jukebox musical features a scrip...

This weekend Friday Funday: 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, June 14, at Vogelei Park, 650 W. Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates. Bring a picnic, play on the playground or splash on the spray pad. Magician Steve Belliveau will perform. Free. heparks.org. Life on th...

The top 20 finalists have been announced for Suburban Chicago's Got Talent. The summer talent competition, now in its eighth season, attracted an initial pool of more than 60 acts that auditioned earlier this month at the Arcada Theatre in St. Char...

Viewing Soldier Field as an inadequate home for his Chicago Bears compared to several other NFL stadiums, team founder George S. Halas traveled to the Northwest suburbs in August 1975 with a grand vision - a new, state-of-the-art stadium next door t...

Someday when his sons are a little older, Sgt. 1st Class Derek Vanbuskirk will return to the Cpl. Jeffrey Allen Williams Post Office in Warrenville and tell his boys about the young man he knew as "Will." And when he does, Vanbuskirk will remember a...

As the Spring Awakening Music Festival sweeps into Hoffman Estates with a slammed roster of national electronic music creators in tow, Chicago-area performers such as Bobby De Maria are warming up for time on stage as well. De Maria, a multifaceted ...