Columns
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MLK dinner in Palatine to focus on health care equityNov 14, 2022 4:30 am - The 53rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Dinner will be held Saturday at the Cotillion Banquets in Palatine. This year's event will focus on "Heeding Dr. K...
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5 tips to make Thanksgiving travel easier - and a little less priceyNov 14, 2022 4:30 am - Ten days until Thanksgiving - have you made your travel plans? If not, it's time to stuff that turkey. Here's what to know about driving and flying over the November and...
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Good News Sunday: DuPage County schools see strong growth after COVID-19 learning lossNov 13, 2022 6:00 am - Good News Sunday: DuPage County schools see strong growth after COVID-19 learning loss
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Very few air ducts are made of asbestosNov 13, 2022 6:00 am - Q: The gas company man just checked our furnace and said the air ducts are made of asbestos. The house was built in the 1960s and I'm afraid that the old ducts may now b...
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Lincicome: What should we call Justin Fields? Right now, it's hard to sayNov 13, 2022 5:30 am - By Bernie Lincicome Daily Herald columnist Clearly, Justin Fields needs to be redefined. He is not a quarterback, though he should be. He is not a running back, though h...
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Jim O'Donnell: 20 years later, Arlington's 'Fix Six" Breeders' Cup scandal still resonatesNov 13, 2022 5:30 am - THEY HELD THE 2022 BREEDERS' CUP last weekend at churchly Keeneland in the once-bucolic countryside of Lexington, Kentucky. On NBC, the crescendoing races of the floral-...
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Local focus: How chambers of commerce are enticing shoppers to suburban downtownsNov 13, 2022 12:00 am - At local chambers of commerce around the suburbs, the quest has begun: To convince people to shop with their feet instead of their thumbs, in quaint storefronts instead ...
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Swift action needed to restore confidence in our governmentNov 13, 2022 12:00 am - The midterm elections are over. The relentless barrage of political commercials has ended. Politicians have spent enormous amounts of money to disparage their opponents...
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'Fall tulips' from Baheej continue to grow smilesNov 12, 2022 6:00 am - Have you ever seen “fall tulips?” Well, I have six stands of them in my front gardens. So special. They were especially pretty this year. They bloom in late September un...
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Facts Matter: Trump posts false voting claim on Election DayNov 12, 2022 12:00 am - The midterm elections brought out a flurry of false information, and some came from former President Donald Trump. "The Absentee Ballot situation in Detroit is REALLY BA...