Jodie Jacobs

Encore, encore: Past members of Lake Forest High School's band may be gone, but they have not been forgotten. School band director Dennis Lindsay hopes a sufficient number of band...

An old friend: Now that warmer weather has arrived, people who take Sunday drives along Illinois Highway 176 will discover what Wauconda residents have known all winter: Mers Restaurant, a...

A special gift: The employees at Opportunity Inc., a Highland Park not-for-profit company that hires developmentally disabled adults, recently proved the adage that whether a cup is half full or...

Brick by brick: Judith Engel, a resident of The Sanctuary subdivision on Waukegan Road in unincorporated Lake County, is building community spirit and a park shelter one brick at a...

Net gain: Jim Doessel of Barrington and Rod Schroeder of Skokie will be the first seed when the RCA Championships are held this August. But they won't need rackets, and...

The sweat's the same: It sounds like Gurnee residents are to get the sparkling cider rather than the champagne version of Lake Forest Hospital's Health and Fitness Institute if the...

In a recent call to Dom DeLuise in Pacific Palisades, Calif., the comic actor talked about the kind of advice he offers to NorthStage as a member of its advisory...

Ditka's departure: The familiar sight of former Bears head coach Mike Ditka teeing off at a Lake County country club or popping into My Favorite Inn and the Nite N'...

A giant leap for teacher-kind: How does it feel to be responsible for a rock at least as valuable as the Hope Diamond? Lake Forest teacher Cathy Cook had a...

Byerly's rumors: Contrary to rumors, Byerly's, an upscale Minnesota-based grocery chain that opened in Highland Park last spring and in Schaumburg last summer, is not turning in its Chicago grocery...