Kirk moved to Chicago rehab center

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, who suffered a stroke nearly three weeks ago, was transferred Friday to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

Snow makes its way back to the area Friday

Feeling a chill in the air? Snow will be back as soon as Friday when lake effect snow could hit the city and Northwest Indiana with six inches.

Catholic cemeteries offer to bury 300 bodies stacked at morgue

The Archdiocese of Chicago is offering to pay for up to 300 burials for the bodies being held at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Songs for the broken-hearted on Valentine’s Day

For those who are feeling the sting of being single this Valentine’s Day, I present to you a list of favorite break-up songs.

New this week on video

Shakespeare turns out to have been a bit of a poser in the historical drama “Anonymous” and Santa Claus turns out to be a bit of a stoner in “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas.”

Special Gifts program combines therapy, performance art

Dorothy met Captain Hook in an original tale created by the children in the creative drama program of Special Gifts Theater. In four months, children age 7 to 9 with special needs, learned how to create characters, write lines, sing and act on stage in …

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk’s brain swelling subsides; doctors reattach skull section

Doctors on Tuesday reattached a 4-inch by 8-inch piece of U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk’s skull that was removed to ease swelling in his brain following his Jan. 21 stroke. “The swelling in Senator Kirk’s brain has subsided and this morning we were able to reattach …

Warrior Buddies host special Valentine’s Day dance

More than 200 high school students from communities throughout the North Shore on Saturday partied the night away at Deerfield High School’s first Valentine’s Day Buddy Dance. Hosted by members of the school’s Warrior Buddies Club, freshmen through seniors from more than a dozen local …

Solo Cup site up for auction in Highland Park

The former Solo Cup Company headquarters, spread out over 28 acres in west Highland Park, will hit the auction block in March. Solo Cup, which relocated its manufacturing and office facility to Lake Forest two years ago, announced last week that it has hired an …

Highland Park police blotter for Jan. 30 through Feb. 6

Highland Park police made four arrests on drunk-driving charges in recent days.

Concerts brighten winter nights at Highland Park schools

It’s winter orchestra concert season across North Shore School District 112 as four Highland Park schools showcased their musical talents last week and more concerts were scheduled this week. The Lincoln and Ravinia Elementary fourth- and fifth-grade orchestras came together for a concert at Ravinia …

Highland Park High School’s charity drive in full swing

Highland Park High School’s annual Charity Drive is now in full swing, as students already have packed several fund-raising events into the first week of the month-long effort. Friday night, a silent auction was held with a Derrick Rose autographed poster leading the prize pool. …

Sen. Kirk upgraded to ‘good’ condition, watched Super Bowl

Sen. Mark Kirk’s condition has been upgraded from “fair” to “good.”

Doctors hope to be able to re-attach the 8-inch-by-4-inch section of his skull that had to be removed after he suffered a stroke two weeks ago.

Then the Highland Park Republican can begin physical …

Restaurant in Highland Park celebrates Year of the Dragon

Two sold-out crowds of 120 people packed the Yummy Bowl Chinese restaurant in downtown Highland Park last week to celebrate the year of the Dragon. In her seventh annual Chinese New Year parties, Glencoe resident and Yummy Bowl owner Theresa Chang opened the concert with …

Highland Park family grocery still going strong after 75 years

Honoring his grandfather’s founding business credo, Sunset Foods CEO John Cortesi once flew back from Florida with several boxes of a special, regional cracker at the request of one of his loyal customers. That’s just one example of the unrivaled customer service that has kept …