Santa’s the guest of honor at Naperville’s annual Holiday Parade of Lights
If you want catch a glimpse of Santa, you’ll find him on the very last float that makes up the Holiday Parade of Lights on ...
Worship news: Relic in Valparaiso and new member coffee event
BridgePoint Church Valparaiso: 55 Chicago St — BridgePointChurch will have its third annual Turkey Bowl for grades 6 and up on Nov. 24 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event is $5 per person. For more ...
Blue Man Group will close in January
Blue Man Group, the long-running show that has played in Chicago for decades, will put on its final performance at the Briar ...
From the Farm: Readers celebrate 20th anniversary of first ‘Farm’ cookbook release
Reader Bernadette Miner, who is also president of the Standard Oil Annuitant Club of Whiting, asked me to be a guest speaker ...
Matt Gaetz says he won’t return to Congress next year after withdrawing name for attorney general
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz said Friday that he will not be returning to Congress after withdrawing his name from consideration to ...
2 men convicted of charges related to human smuggling after scheme led to an Indian family’s death
A jury convicted two men of charges related to human smuggling for their roles in an international operation that led to the deaths of a family of Indian migrants who froze while trying to cross ...
Franciscan Health Dyer will transition to mental health campus in late 2027
In another shakeup of Northwest Indiana’s hospital landscape, Franciscan Alliance announced Thursday that its Dyer campus will be shifting its focus toward behavioral health over the next 3 ...
The Way We Were: Looking back at a time when postcards captured images of mundane Naperville life
This postcard, which was produced to be mailed to family and friends, features an image of the 6th-grade class at ...
Barbara Taylor Bowman, leader in early childhood education efforts, dies at 96
Bowman took leave from Erikson for about eight years in the early 2000s to work for then-Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne ...
Review: Slow Pulp delivers an intimate and potent homecoming set at Thalia Hall
Playing from their breakthrough 2023 album “Yard,” lead singer Emily Massey glided through the tracks with ease, sounding ...
Chicago weather: Chilly and possibly wet for Thanksgiving
Temperatures for Turkey Day itself are expected to be in the upper 30s, with a predicted high of 40 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the National Weather Service.
As CTA grapples with how to address crime, altercation on Red Line train leaves passenger unsettled
The incident comes as the transit agency’s leadership struggles to address stubbornly high rates of violent crime.