Jodie Jacobs

Postal salute: Buffalo Grove Park District officials have come up with an unusual way to celebrate their 25 years of existence: a special stamp cancellation available only during a 30-day...

Imagine turning an old clothes wringer into an end table. Huntley, Ill., antiques dealers Betty and Al Young did it by adding a heavy-duty glass top to one end. From...

About 270 partygoers "boarded" the Carmel 2000 and cruised around Corsair Island last weekend without ever leaving port Mundelein. Portholes, shimmering blue streamers, festive Caribbean greens and oranges had transformed...

Where credits are due: It's beginning to look as if the northern suburbs are turning into a film resource, beyond a place to shoot movies. We've heard about Jim Ferguson...

It was an all-American way to celebrate Labor Day weekend, with a "Miss Jubilee" pageant, a barbecue, a bandshell concert, square dancing, an arts and crafts show and a Native...

Chartreuse and pink beasts seven feet tall staked out their territory in the center of Port Clinton Square in Highland Park last weekend. But a patrolman standing on the corner...

Jerry Seinfeld wannabes at Zanies Comedy Nite Club in Vernon Hills last weekend found that comedy is a serious business probably deserving attention from the U.S. surgeon general. Countless comedians...

An admiring crowd of about 100 spectators and about 50 radio-control hobbyists watched as model plane designer and competitive radio-control flyer David Patrick of River Forest skillfully maneuvered his Finesse...

Building bridges: A new statistic may alter a bit Highwood's reputation as a community with a strong Italian heritage. According to the local Chamber of Commerce's latest numbers, from December...

Sonny returned to Cher, and W.C. Fields paired up again with Mae West, and it was all for a good cause. The star look-alikes were among the 130 people who...