Ray Kroc

After she passed away, Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, left nearly $2 billion to the Salvation Army. That money has turned into some of the nation's largest community centers, serving those who have lacked the resources needed to...

After more than half a century on national television, ushering music acts into the public eye and ringing in the new year for millions, Dick Clark was eulogized last week as a cultural giant first, a shrewd businessman second. Clark, who died of a heart...

Matthew J. Lambert Jr., father of Connecticut first lady Cathy Malloy, died Friday at his home on Cape Cod. He was 95. Malloy, who also is chief executive officer of the Greater Hartford Arts Council, is one of six children to survive him. Lambert lived...

Amid scrutiny and skepticism from some residents, a mixed-use development proposal that had previously won a preliminary approval from the village was given the unofficial …...

The boutique burger craze shows no sign of ending. That's what we were thinking last week when we sidled up to the counter at BGR: The Burger Joint, a new burger joint in West Hartford center. BGR The Burger Joint, a chain with around 20 U.S. locations,...

Bill Neufeldt and his girlfriend, Carol, were teenagers when a little red and white tile hamburger joint with broad golden arches opened on Lee Street …...

Congressional Republicans are all aflutter with the perceived opportunity given them last week to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), particularly its radio branch, National Public Radio (NPR). Ambush journalist Michael O’Keefe,...

John Dean Gordon of Charlevoix and formerly of Petoskey, passed away peacefully on Jan. 14, 2011, with his loving wife, children and faithful dog, Jake, by his side. Born in 1937 in Adrian, Mich., John moved with his family to Mullett Lake in the 1950s,...

Mike Wyrostek insists those who take his tour of downtown Naperville food offerings will never again touch another Snickers. When through, they’ll never buy another …...

McDonald's managers Maria Palmeri, Johanna Bornacelli and Roberta Crandall each recently received the Ray Kroc Award out of a field of 186 McDonald’s throughout Central Florida. The Ray Kroc winners are the top 1 percent of managers nationwi...

Share | Popsicles, baseball and the iPhone are all signs that Summer has finally arrived. For the fourth straight year, Apple has once again proven their mastery in art of the "encore." No one on earth makes me love something so much only to introduce...

CHICAGO TRIBUNE Headline: 10 things you might not know about Chicago radio Chicago radio is constantly being retuned. Just last week, National Public Radio confirmed a deal to make a TV pilot out of the Chicago-based radio show "Wait, Wait ... Don't...