Cook County
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U-46 offers SAFE place for kids to hang outAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - For parents and guardians of elementary school students in Elgin Area District U-46, there's a program offering an alternative to expensive child care or leaving childre...
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Teen driving limits are too imposingAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - After reading the July 11 “Our View” editorial, as I do every day, I began to think that some of our politicians are confused about their priorities. Instead of focusing...
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Higher taxes on the ‘rich’ is no solutionAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Let’s be honest. How outrageous, Froma Harrop’s column of July 10: “The people ... want higher taxes.” Opinion polls that find that 69 percent of “the people want higher...
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Elgin Symphony concert Saturday to benefit Feeding Greater ElginAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra will give a free concert Saturday in a way it never has before. The orchestra has teamed up with Feeding Greater Elgin, a nonprofit organiza...
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Elgin Boriqua Fest offers Puerto Rican music, foodAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Live music will dominate the packed Boriqua Fest schedule Saturday as performances, dance lessons and a limbo dancing competition ensure the sounds of salsa, merengue, b...
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Hoffman golf outing aids family struck by ALSAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - A golf outing and dinner fundraiser to raise money for a suburban man with ALS will be Tuesday, Aug. 23, at Hilldale Golf Club in Hoffman Estates and Chicago Prime Steak...
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Arlington Heights fundraising for officers’ union, not police forceAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Arlington Heights officials want to clarify that recent fundraising efforts by the labor union that represents many suburban police officers, including Arlington Heights...
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Bike for Life a big successAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - By all accounts, the first Elgin Bike for Life event July 10 was a success. More than $6,000 in proceeds will go toward purchasing bike racks for elementary schools in E...
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Rep. Mussman starts satellite office hoursAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Democratic state Rep. Michelle Mussman of Schaumburg has scheduled satellite office hours aimed at providing local residents with increased access to her constituent ser...
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Mom guilty of running down son’s rival with carAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - hhitzeman@dailyherald.com A judge Thursday found a Streamwood woman guilty of first-degree murder for using her car to run down her teenage son’s rival from behind in No...