Oak Brook News

He will serve as chair of the Club's member events committee. Payne, a resident of Evanston, is senior vice president of the Private Client Reserve of US Bank.

A college sophomore from Oak Brook, IL raised in a traditional Indian family, wants to make her own American dream come true with her flat-folding, reusable storage box.

Nearly two years into their fight for a $15 hourly wage, fast-food workers got a two-day dose of inspiration that organizers hope will push them toward bigger displays of civil disobedience.

Fast food workers from across the country have voted to add sit-down strikes and restaurant occupations to their campaign for higher wages and union representation.

Protesters gather outside of the McDonald's Corp. headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., during the annual shareholders meeting in May. AP File Photo M. Spencer Green - AP About 1,300 workers were scheduled to attend sessions Friday and Saturday at an expo center in Villa Park, Ill., where they'll be asked to do "whatever it takes" to win $15-an-hour ... (more)

For the second time in just four months, an Oak Brook Park District lifeguard has received the Jeff Ellis & Associates, Inc. Golden Guard Award.

Mike Vietri of Naperville said he and his wife have wills, but that not everything is contained in such a document.

Starting Aug. 11, the off-leash dog area at Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve in Naperville will be temporarily closed so that Forest Preserve District of DuPage County crews can improve drainage to reduce standing water and muddy conditions along the trail.

The National School Transportation Association presented annual industry awards honoring those who have achieved a level of excellence from all facets of the industry at Tuesday night's awards dinner as part of NSTA's annual meeting here.

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County invites visitors and their canine companions to celebrate the opening of the new off-leash dog area at Mayslake Forest Preserve in Oak Brook.

SeeyondA Architectural Solutions recently installed five cellular resin ceiling clouds in a major corporate-headquarter renovation project in Chicago, IL.

An Elmhurst woman received a startling phone call from a man who claimed Latin Kings were going to execute her brother if she didn't send $2,500.

However, investors aren't counting on these publicity moves to help drive sales as they await the company's quarterly report scheduled for release before the market open on Tuesday.

McDonald's and KFC in China faced a new food safety scare Monday after a Shanghai television station reported a supplier sold them expired beef and chicken.

A.M. Castle & Co., Oak Brook, Ill., reported net income of $3.7 million in the second quarter, an increase from both the prior year's quarter and the first quarter of 2011.

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RICHMOND – The Richmond Village Board voted to withdraw its membership from an economic development organization after one of its trustees got hired on as vice president just weeks after they joined the group on his recommendation.

Drury Lane Theatre in Oak Brook announced casting for its Chicago area premiere of "The Game's Afoot," Ken Ludwig's award-winning suspense comedy from 2011.

A.M. Castle & Co., Oak Brook, Ill., reported net income of $3.7 million in the second quarter, an increase from both the prior year's quarter and the first quarter of 2011.

Johnson Controls Building Automation Systems, LLC, Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $450,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement and installation of utility monitoring and control systems and similar services such as heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems with an estimated completion date of July 14, 2019.