Evanston welcomed Trader Joe's on Friday morning with tropical fanfare, capping the city's longtime hope to lure the grocery store. Before cutting a ceremonial lei outside the new location, 1211 Chicago...

Memorial Day weekend is one of my favorite times of the year. It’s a symbol of the impending summer, a marker of the fact we’re almost free from the constraints of academia. But frankly, these reasons...

Mari Majam was born to play softball. Her parents were both stars on the diamond, her father a college baseball player and her mother a softball ace. The Majams even met playing softball. So it...

A caged-off Chicago Avenue land lot near two grocery stores will soon be transformed into a Trader Joe’s, with developers hoping for a fall opening. City officials, aldermen and representatives from...