Lifestyle
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Registration open for ninth annual ovarian cancer awareness ‘Ride for Hope’Feb 20, 2024 9:17 am - Registration is open for the ninth annual Ride for Hope, a 501(c) (3) ovarian cancer awareness motorcycle ride and celebration, conceived and organized by JuliAnne Scully...
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Easter Bunny returns to Gurnee MillsFeb 20, 2024 9:15 am - The Easter Bunny returns to Gurnee Mills on March 1 and will be available for visits until March 30. The Bunny Photo Experience will be open from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday thro...
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How to pick the best ingredients for stellar vegan baking
Feb 20, 2024 6:50 am - You think you know how to make a cake until someone asks you to do it without butter, eggs or milk, and then you start to wonder if you ever knew cake at all.
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‘It’s like he lives here’: Wheeling High School science instructor goes ‘above and beyond’Feb 20, 2024 6:30 am - The Daily Herald’s Top Teacher for February is Wheeling High School science instructor Gregory Wallace, whose connection with all types of students led to him receiving the Outstanding Educator Award from the University of Chicago.
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Learn about different crosses at Gary UMC in WheatonFeb 19, 2024 9:42 pm - The cross is one of the oldest and most recognizable symbols of the Christian faith, yet it appears in many different shapes and sizes, each with its own history and mean...
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Round-the-clock animal emergency care facility opens in Buffalo GroveFeb 19, 2024 7:21 pm - When your pet needs emergency care and regular animal hospitals are closed, Veterinary Emergency Group is always open. Veterinary Emergency Group just opened its fifth f...
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‘How important this park is for Arlington Heights’: Depression-era pool bathhouse to be restoredFeb 19, 2024 7:10 pm - While it may have taken a little more than $200,000 to construct Arlington Heights’ first public pool and park house nearly a century ago, park district officials today are prepared to spend the $18 million they say it will take to restore the Works Progress Administration facility to its intended purpose.
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Good News Sunday: Chihuahua, postal carrier’s friendship is a social media sensationFeb 18, 2024 6:00 am - In this week’s Good News Sunday column, we recap stories about a dog and mailman whose friendship is a social media sensation, a legally blind travel agent who plans stress-free trips for people of all abilities, and a Lego exhibit that celebrates Black creativity.
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Right to die on your own terms? Illinois lawmakers propose medical aid in dying billFeb 18, 2024 6:00 am - Deb Robertson knows the state legislation she’s fighting for — to allow medical aid in dying — may not be enacted by the time she’s ready to die.
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Interfaith leader to discuss Elizabeth Brandeis and other influential Jewish women on March 5Feb 17, 2024 9:11 pm - The Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is a longtime leader in the interfaith movement who has been working to protect an inclusive vision of religious freedom for people of ...