Paper milk cartons are so last year. This year, Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 started selling milk in 8-ounce plastic bottles instead of the paper cartons and milk consumption is up 9 percent in all District 25 schools, according to Colet...

It was the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 when armistice ended the fighting in what has come to be known as World War I. The following year, President Woodrow Wilson declared Nov. 11 Armistice Day, when all work woul...

To submit your listing, e-mail ntwohey@dailyherald.com or fax (847) 427-1301 at least two weeks prior to the event Holiday ALS Foundation 2008 calendars: The Les Turner ALS Foundation's 2008 calendars, featuring art by people with ALS, Lou Gehrig's ...

First, you want to let people know who you are. Then you have to sell your philosophy. Paul Mazzuca is following a local baseball coaching legend in Bob Mackey at Stevenson High School. Mackey retired after 30 successful years on the job, and the 40...

FCC Players put on a show: FCC Players of the First Congregational Church of Huntley presents Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" at 6 p.m. today in the church's fellowship hall, Main and Church streets. The thriller in two acts will be...

Holiday ALS Foundation 2008 calendars: The Les Turner ALS Foundation's 2008 calendars, featuring art by people with ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, can be obtained for $10, plus shipping, by calling (847) 679-3311 or at 222.lesturnerals.org. Proceeds fro...

Olive-Mary Stitt students are getting a taste of the Japanese language and culture, thanks to $64,000 grant from Omron Corp. in Schaumburg, a subsidiary of a Japanese company. The grant will help pay for a teacher and supplies. More than 100 fourth...

Buffalo Grove Class 4A sectional Who: Schaumburg (1), Libertyville (2), Fremd (5), Conant (6) When: Today at 5 p.m.: 1st semifinal, Schaumburg (29-7) vs. Fremd (27-10); 2nd semifinal (about 6 p.m.): Libertyville (31-6) vs. Conant (22-14); 7:15 p.m. ...

The death of a 38-year-old Des Plaines woman found submerged in a car in a Busse Woods pond was ruled a suicide by drowning on Tuesday. She was pulled from her silver Mercedes sedan in the forest preserve pond near Elk Grove Village Monday afternoon...