Music, barbecue and fun return to Vernon Hills when the 15th annual Little Bear Ribfest gets cooking from 5-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 14-15, in the Century Park Arboretum, 1001 Lakeview ...

Multiple Metra directors signed off at their final board meeting Wednesday as turnover related to transit reform legislation ...

Assistant Sports Editor Kevin Schmit opened his High Five column on Tuesday with a distinctly suburban truth: “There’s no avoiding the excitement of prep football season,” he wrote. As summer ...

The world is running out of superlatives — and that is a very bad thing indeed. Recent online headlines tell the story. “Unprecedented” (Seattle Times) wildfires burning over 2 million acres in the ...

This political season, like the last couple, has featured Democratic candidates not only running for office but running away from things they said from 2019 to 2021. The latest is Francesca Hong, the ...

Recently, I returned to Ohio for my 50 year high school reunion, which was a wonderful affair. While visiting my hometown, now referred to by one of my cousins once as “Trump Territory,” I took the ...

The road to Chautauqua, New York, feels like one of those places that America keeps tucked away on purpose — the kind that you don't stumble into by accident. You come in from the hills and hollows ...

Jackson Kent made his major-league debut Wednesday night for Washington against the Chicago Cubs after the Nationals selected the contract of the 23-year-old pitcher from Triple-A ...

It’s shortly before 5 a.m. on Aug. 4, and the Chicago Bears offices are dark. Then Ben Johnson walks into his suite, and there is light. Yes, this is technology. But energy, too, definitely energy.

Alex Bregman hit three homers in a game for the first time and drove in a career-high seven runs as the Cubs routed the Washington Nationals 12-6 on Wednesday night. Dansby Swanson ...

Luis Castillo struck out 10 in seven sparkling innings, helping the White Sox beat Rhett Lowder and the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 on Wednesday night. Castillo allowed one hit — Sal Stewart's single in ...

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of battery for throwing a protester to the ground while he filmed the agent on his phone. Adam Saracco, ...