Some people started the New Year with a resolution to change one thing in their lives. Phyllis and Jerry Campagna ended 2021 by getting rid of almost all their stuff to focus on their NGA - Next Great Adventure. They sold their beloved townhouse, wi...

Festivals Winter Fest at Winter Lights: 4:30-6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, at Oak Brook Park District Central Park West, 1450 Forest Gate Road, Oak Brook. Outdoor event featuring firepits, s'mores kits and music. Plus, enjoy the Winter Lights at Centr...

Take what you need and leave what you can. That's the simple but powerful concept behind new micro food pantries springing up at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital's outpatient clinics and main hospital. Starting at the Kankakee Community Based Outpatien...

Trailblazing politicians. Dedicated community servants. Business leaders whose philanthropic work enriched their communities. And a Tuskegee Airman who participated in the civil rights movement and became a longtime educator. These are among the res...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other health officials are asking Illinois residents to reconsider any significant New Year's holiday plans that may include large gatherings. "Omicron and delta are coming to your party," Pritzker warned at a news conference ...

This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Bensenville police officer Steven Kotlewski thought he might cry last weekend, as he came home for the first time since ...

A new program at Benedictine University in Lisle aims to help create diverse women leaders and future change agents. L.E.A.D.S. - Leadership, Empowerment, Action, Development and Service - is a four-year, cocurricular program for freshmen undergradu...

Cal Thelin left his stamp on the communities of Aurora and Batavia as an attorney, a developer and a volunteer. The former Aurora city attorney assisted in the formation of the Aurora Civic Authority and Paramount Arts Center, and was a founder of t...

Justin Lynch said he just thought it was time to come home. The true freshman quarterback from Chicago Mount Carmel announced this week he was transferring to NIU from Temple, where he saw action in 11 games and ended the season as the second-leadin...

After 30 years of teaching students with disabilities, Pascuala Herrera wanted to share with other educators her experience and knowledge about making classrooms and communities more inclusive. So she co-founded Educators 4 Equity and Justice, which...