Leadership Greater Chicago recently announced the 2022 Class of its Signature Fellows Program. This select group of 50 accomplished and diverse individuals represents a cross-section of professionals from the corporate, nonprofit, government and ed...

By Madhu Krishnamurthy mkrishnamurthy@dailyherald.com Illinois recently made history as the first state to require public schools to teach Asian American history. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Teaching Equitable Asian American History Act into law t...

In a year still riddled with pandemic cancellations and ever-changing guidelines, one community is returning to normal. The village of Montgomery recently announced that the 36th annual Montgomery Fest is back Aug. 13-15. The fest will take place in...

A 36-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman found in her home Monday night by Elgin police. Victor Hugo Ayllon is accused of strangling his wife, Wendy Ayllon, 33, Monday in their Elgin home, Kane County Stat...

"The best is yet to come." Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin emphasized those six words when he began his second term two months ago. And he echoed them Wednesday as he announced three city leaders poised to assume new positions. They are retired investiga...

It was hard enough for Alix Atwell when all four members of her family were stricken with COVID-19 more than a year ago, but the Barrington woman is also what physicians have dubbed a “COVID long-hauler.” “I've had to make adjustments to the new me,...

North Central College is not requiring students and faculty members to be vaccinated before returning to the Naperville campus next month, officials said, but regular COVID-19 testing will be mandatory for those who aren't inoculated. The 2021-22 ac...

Ten Fox Valley nonprofit organizations were named Thursday as recipients of grants totaling $25,000. The grants were decided by 22 diverse students from Fox Valley high schools who are a part of the Youth Engagement in Philanthropy program of the Co...

Penn State women's soccer captain Kerry Abello headlined the list of 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans as the senior defender was named the CoSIDA Women's Soccer Academic All-American of the Year by the College Sports Information Directors of Am...