Lifestyle
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Good News Sunday: Anderson's Healing Paws program offers four-legged therapyJan 15, 2023 5:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Sometimes all it takes to make people fe...
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'Avatar 2,' 'M3GAN' hold onto top spots at the box office
Jan 15, 2023 12:00 am - New movies like "Plane" and "House Party" were no match for "Avatar: The Way of Water" and the killer doll horror "M3GAN" at the box office this weekend. The two holdove...
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'He paved the way for us': Aurora-based group has an MLK celebration full of song and awardsJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - Agape Connection's 22nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Day celebration was back in person Sunday for the first time since the pandemic. More than 200 people attended the...
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Lake County announces 30th year of Adopt-A-Highway programJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - The Lake County Division of Transportation announced 27 roads are available for volunteer groups to adopt this year. Under the Adopt-A-Highway program, which is in its 3...
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Racers speed through old Sam's Club during Soap Box Derby in BataviaJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - With eight-foot ramps and 200-foot-long tracks, the Greater Chicago Soap Box Derby took over the former Sam's Club in Batavia for a weekend of racing. Two dozen young r...
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U.S. kindergarten vaccination rate dropped again, data shows
Jan 14, 2023 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergartners dropped again last year, and federal officials are starting a new campaign to try to bring them up. Usually, 94% to ...
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Why your adult child needs a HIPAA formJan 14, 2023 6:00 am - Research indicates that the brain doesn't fully mature until around age 25, but nonetheless: In Illinois (as in most states), 18 is the age at which a child is considere...
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Permit peril: Will new owners have to restore converted garage bedroom to original use?Jan 14, 2023 6:00 am - Q: We received a notice from our local building department informing us that our garage was converted to a bedroom without a building permit. The conversion was actually...
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Anna Konkle embraces realities of motherhood in 'The Drop'
Jan 14, 2023 5:30 am - LOS ANGELES - Three months after having her first baby and not long after she completed the Emmy-nominated series "PEN15," Anna Konkle liked the sound of filming her nex...
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Do you really know your ancestry? You might be surprisedJan 14, 2023 5:00 am - I thought I pretty much knew my ancestry - had lots of information on both sides of the family. Not growing up, but once I started looking into it, which was about age 2...