Jodie Jacobs

A follow-up: Don't pinch Lake Forest High School's award-winning keyboardist Marco Paguia. He is afraid he might wake up. The senior, already named to the Midwest Grammy All-American Jazz Band,...

Someone with fight: It seems that the Waukegan Park District's Bowen Park Theatre Company, which appeals to a cultured adult audience, and fast-action video games, which target a mostly pre-teen...

Students of note: Maybe it's in the water. Lake Forest High School, which has spawned such popular Midwestern musicians as jazz guitarist John Moulder and Rollover lead guitarist Louie Zagoras,...

Sniff, sniff: Lake Forester Esther Rose Holzman, president of Holzman & Stephanie Perfumes Ltd., may change the way residents think of their town. Holzman, whose Misuki perfume was the identifying...

Money in the bank: If you classify owning a bank under the same category as winning the lottery, think again. Antioch administrative secretary Sherry Smith owns a bank. So do...

Trackside: If you ever wanted to find a Lake Forest store, a landmark or the Chicago Bears headquarters but did not know where to turn for help, you need not...

Mr. Food: Comfort-food guru Art Ginsburg, known to millions of his television fans as Mr. Food, took viewers behind the scenes recently, but the inside look at his treasured recipes...

Who wants cake?: If the Zion City Council ruckus stirred by Cake Co. owner Charlie Hauck's "wet" flavorings leaves him with a "dry" aftertaste, the baker should rest assured that...

After struggling five years to save the Highland Park Woman's Club's 70-year-old building and then laboring five months to spruce it up, a handful of very happy Highland Park civic...

Hometown heroes: Contemporary big-league athletes may disappoint fans with strikes, but not so with yesterday's sports heroes. Witness the crowd of 240 people who recently turned out at Hotel Moraine...