Carlos Holland of Lockport shows the more than $30,000 in medical bills for the year. Holland said that we need a public option for insurance and that the medical profession needs regulation on costs. (John Patsch/Staff Photographer)
CenterStage We reward big mouths
Finish that drink/brunch/show/yoga class and leave a review at Centerstage Chicago. Each week's most brilliant and helpful review wins a killer prize (think gift certificates to great places).
A suburban police patrol car recently hosted a large and perhaps inadvertently adventurous Felis Catus under its hood. “It's like nothing I've heard,” police Cmdr. Steve Husak said Friday of the incident.
Redemption = Providence Bill Scheibe: Mere minutes into the fourth quarter of Friday night's Class 6A
second-round playoff football game against host Oswego, Providence
tailback Tim Hanrahan sat in silence on the bench, not thinking about an uncharacteristic fumble.
Plainfield parents see daughter soar on world charts
Kosovo pop star Genta Ismajli has amassed more than 25 million views on You Tube, has more than 26,000 fans on her Facebook page and has performed 300-plus concerts around the globe. The 25-year-old recently visited her family in Plainfield before meeting with New York producers.
Wedding trends spotlighted at JCC show
Fall weddings are popular these days, as are the colors brown and pink and food stations at the reception. These and other wedding trends will be spotlighted from noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 22 at a bridal show at the Joliet Junior College.
Get your workspace organized
Well, it looks as though the time to start hibernation is upon us. We may have a few more days of sun but we will pretty much be held hostage by our lovely Chicago weather. With that in mind, I decided it might be time to spruce up the home office and while I was at it find some pieces to personalize the workplace too.