Metra looking to toot its own horn
February 25, 2020Metra wants to get its story out to customers and potential customers. The railroad company serving Chicago and its suburbs plans to ramp up its public relations efforts in coming months….
Metra wants to get its story out to customers and potential customers. The railroad company serving Chicago and its suburbs plans to ramp up its public relations efforts in coming months….
On a stinking hot summer day, my father struggled to install a window air conditioner in the front room. It was not a good fit. “Run down to the hardware store and get some Mortite,”…
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Aurora’s Paramount Theatre will offer four wildly different shows in 2020-21 — its 10th anniversary season — as part of a package of Broadway musicals announced last week….
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On March 19, voting will conclude in primary contests for hundreds of seats in the Illinois legislature and in the state’s court system. But most of those contests are uncompetitive….
University of Illinois Extension is hosting a series of garden day and plant sale events at various locations throughout the state, providing an opportunity for gardening enthusiasts…
State and community leaders on Monday, Feb. 26, celebrated the planned opening of a new freestanding birth center on Chicago’s South Side while emphasizing proposed maternal health…
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CHICAGO — For most of his adult working life, Tim Mapes only had one boss: former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. And for the more than 25 years he served as Madigan’s chief…