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This vinaigrette from Chef Grace Goudie is an emulsified dressing just like you’ll find on the menu in restaurants.

Make a restaurant-worthy vinaigrette: It’s as easy as five ingredients and 5 minutes

Visually, spring is a lot of green; that is also the case in the food world. Nothing screams green more than a thought-out yet simple salad to me. While creating various salads during this time of year, one must always include a tasty dressing.

The owners of Graham's 318 coffeehouse in Geneva have announced the business is closing at the end of April.

Graham’s 318 coffeehouse in downtown Geneva to close

The Graham’s 318 coffeehouse in downtown Geneva is closing after 19 years in business.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias

Illinoisans can now get documents notarized without leaving home

Illinoisans who want documents notarized can do so without leaving their homes, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Wednesday.

Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli says responding to any death or homicide, especially when it involves a child, has a tremendous impact on officers.

How police, fire departments help first responders cope in the wake of tragedies

Fifteen years ago today, Shelly Engelhardt, her daughter Amanda and son Jeff experienced an unimaginable tragedy when Amanda’s then-boyfriend - in a jealousy-fueled attack - stabbed to death three Engelhardt family members in their Hoffman Estates home. They weren’t the only ones traumatized. The heinous attack also affected first responders, including Kasia Cawley, one of the Hoffman Estates police detectives assigned to the case. “It always stays with you,” said Cawley, now Hoffman Estates chief of police. “You’re never going to forget it.”

Fifteen years after a senseless act of violence claimed the life of Jeff Engelhardt’s father Alan, upper left, and younger sister Laura, center, the now-married father of two still chooses forgiveness. The attack on the Hoffman Estates family seriously injured his mother Shelly, upper right. Amanda Engelhardt, lower left, was unharmed. Neither was Jeff, lower right, who was at college. “I am my father's son,” he wrote in a 2011 Daily Herald essay. “And as my father's son, that means I choose the path of forgiveness.”

‘Working every day toward forgiveness’: 15 years later, loss remains for Engelhardt family

Jeff Engelhardt has lived two lives. The first ended 15 years ago when he lost his father, younger sister and maternal grandmother to an unprovoked attack by his older s...

Brad Edmondson, the owner and operator of The Misfits Jiujitsu of St. Charles, wearing one of his Misfits T-shirts reading “Mental Health Matters."

Misfits JiuJitsu in St. Charles combines martial arts with mental health help

Misfits Jiujitsu takes a different approach to martial arts, emphasizing fitness of the mind over toughness on the mat. Owner Brad Edmondson has struggled with mental hea...

This red-morph Eastern Screech Owl was found napping at a preserve in Wheaton. The species is common but seldom seen.

Owl mania: Birders’ enthusiasm for this species can sometimes go overboard

The popularity of owls makes them vulnerable to human interference. People do get excited about owls, and sometimes their enthusiasm (or thoughtlessness) gets out of hand.