Fort Sheridan News

Owner Pete Jakstas puts a hat owned by Al Capone into a display case at the Mineola Hotel in Fox Lake.

Senator Mark Kirk made his first public appearance in the Chicago area since his stroke over a year ago, another sign that it's back to business for the Republican lawmaker.

A Lake Forest resident is offering a $1,000 reward for the return of her beloved feathered friend, "Spotty," cinnamon cockatiel who recently escaped from her home on April when a storm blew the front door open.

Post-graduate student Eve Mangurten of Morton Grove takes a box of photos off the shelves at the Highland Park Historical Society, where she is working on a catloguing project.