About half of the students at Holmes Junior High in Mount Prospect stayed home from school Tuesday after parents were warned about a threatening message found on a girls bathroom wall late Monday. Students who did attend classes Tuesday had their ba...

Football/ cheerleading Registration: The Arlington Heights Youth Athletic Association announced registrations for the 2008 Football program is at arlingtoncowboys.com and click on "registration." Both football and cheerleading will offer walk-in...

To submit your listing, e-mail ntwohey@dailyherald.com, or fax (847) 427-1301 at least two weeks prior to the event. News of the week Pet contest and bake sale: Four Paws Animal Foundation will hold a pet contest and bake sale fundraiser May 18...

Two Des Plaines men are charged with felony reckless discharge of a firearm, police said. Michael Louis, 25, and David Delavan, 54, both of 1243 Brown St., shot a .22-caliber pistol at the Dumpster in their Des Plaines apartment building about 6 p.m...

Long before any discussion came up regarding cutting the position of orchestra director to part time, Hersey High School's fine arts officials began planning their annual Orchestra Festival. This year's event took place Wednesday, and it was the 22...

So I heard a lot of discussion about air conditioning in the schools here in District 25. Some people have the attitude that sure I use the air in my car or in my house but I am not asking someone else to pay for it. Other people stated if you can n...

Mortenson Construction elected 21-year company veteran Steve DeGroote of Cary to vice president of operations in its Elk Grove Village office. KnowledgeShift, a Wheaton-based training technology firm specializing in mobile learning and podcasting, h...

To submit a listing, e-mail to clubs@dailyherald.com, or fax to Club News at (847) 427-1301. Listings must be received no later than two weeks prior to the event. April Arlington Camera Club exhibit: During business hours through April; Pro...

From the clubs To submit a listing, e-mail to clubs@dailyherald.com, or fax to Club News at (847) 427-1301. Listings must be received no later than two weeks prior to the event. April Arlington Camera Club exhibit: During business hours thr...

To submit a listing, e-mail to clubs@dailyherald.com, or fax to Club News at (847) 427-1301. Listings must be received no later than two weeks prior to the event. April High Roads Motorcycle Club "Accident Scene Management," a bystander ass...