Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet is one of quarterback Caleb Williams' favorite passing targets, and when he's not catching the ball, he's blocking for the Bears' running backs. But in last week's win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in London, he helped out in still...

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella closes its run this weekend at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with the two matinees on Saturday and Sunday already sold out. David Victor, executive director of...

Don't look now, but Schaumburg High School's marching band concludes this season's halftime show with with an iconic guitar solo from Metallica's Master of Puppets album, that was featured in Season 4 of Stranger Things. The dramatic finale features Junior Luke McCoy...

The Arlington Heights Aquatics Department happened upon an untapped workforce the last few summers: adults who are avid swimmers and want to help keep neighborhood pools open, after teenage lifeguards return to school. They affectionately refer to themselves as the...

There promises to be a buzz in the air Saturday when the whimsical ArtWalk and Art Fair returns to Izaak Walton Park in Prospect Heights. That's because the theme of the show is, What's the Buzz? Or to put it simply, each creation will be about bugs. "It is truly is a...

Students are the top priority in Northwest High School District 214, and together with the help of the District 214 Education Foundation, and its many donors and grants, the district is able to help all students, but especially the immediate needs of those that come...

Students at Saint Viator High School opened their day with a prayer for the more than 3,000 victims of 9/11. In particular, they learned about Mary Lenz Wieman, a former AON executive who died in the South Tower of the World Trade Center. The Arlington Heights native...

Families helping families. That's what's driving the 5K/1-Mile Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, Sept. 14. Proceeds benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Society and outreach ministry at three Arlington Heights churches, Our Lady of the Wayside, St. James and St. Edna's  -- whose...

Chip Brooks spent 36 years as a partner in a Chicago law firm, so he knows a thing or two about research and writing. Now celebrating his sixth year as co-owner of Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights, he has developed a unique series to compliment the lineup of performers...

Gail Wise of Park Ridge still draws attention when she and her husband, Tom, tool around in their sporty "skylight blue" Mustang. And why not? The iconic car is in pristine condition, looking much like it did some 60 years ago when Wise first drove it out of the...