The Illinois attorney general's office has ruled the Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 school board violated the Open Meetings Act, calling its July 15 meeting agenda "too vague and imprecise" ahead of a vote to make masks optional. The poste...

Arlington Heights residents wouldn't have to pay village government additional property taxes in 2022, but anyone who dined at a restaurant within the popular Arlington Alfresco downtown area could get an extra tax tacked onto their bills. Those are...

Update: Due to a forecast of rain and high winds, the Aurora Veterans Day Parade has been canceled and the ceremony has been moved indoors, with an 11 a.m. start time. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. at city hall, 44 E. Downer Place. Priority seating will ...

This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: It's been a big couple of weeks for the Boys & Girls Club of Elgin. The organization recently held a ceremonial groundbr...

Brick-or-Treat: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 28-29; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, at Legoland Discovery Center Chicago, 601 N. Martingale Road, Suite 130, Schaumburg. Help build a 5-foot-t...

Halloween week is here, and this year, there are many ways to celebrate across the suburbs. Here are just some of the many options. Pier Pumpkin Lights: 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. daily through Oct. 31 at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. Don a cost...

When Mary Stitt retired in 1992, she had built such an impressive career as principal of Olive Elementary School that the Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 board renamed it the Olive-Mary Stitt Elementary School in her honor. Stitt quickly fo...

This weekend Cosley Zoo Pumpkin Fest: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 31, at Cosley Zoo, 1356 N. Gary Ave., Wheaton. See thousands of pumpkins while visiting the animals. Children's rides, plus apples, gourds, pumpkins, cider, corns...

Biking amid eye-popping fall colors in our rain-starved corner of Illinois may be tough, given a seven-inch shortfall in normal precipitation. Daily Herald reporter Mick Zawislak's recent “Fall Is Here” article noted several weather factors affecti...

While acknowledging that Arlington Park's future as a racetrack "looks bleak," a suburban Illinois Racing Board commissioner said Thursday he's still holding out hope for a partnership between the Chicago Bears and former track President Roy Arnold'...