The College of DuPage Chaparrals will celebrate the service and sacrifices of the men and women of the armed forces during its inaugural Armed Forces Bowl, the first of three special recognition games planned as part of the team's 2016-2017 season. ...

The arrival of “Hamilton” in Chicago is by far the biggest theatrical event of the season. But it's certainly not the only production worth seeing this fall. If you couldn't get tickets for Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop blockbuster (or even if you co...

The Grayslake man shot to death last week in a fight with a Round Lake police officer was on probation for a conviction that stemmed from another violent altercation with law enforcement. Michael R. Musson, 22, was sentenced in October 2014 to two y...

The Illinois Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Illinois State Bar Association, has awarded one of its post graduate legal fellowships to Patti Zimmerman, a 2016 graduate of Northern Illinois University College of Law. During the one-year fe...

AURORA, IL - The City of Aurora has been ranked as one of the Top 10 Best Cities for Families by finance website WalletHub. To determine the most family-friendly places in America, WalletHub's analysts compared the 150 largest cities in the count...

By David Oberhelman and Kevin Schmit doberhelman@dailyherald.com kschmit@dailyherald.com Glenbard East (0-2, 0-0) at South Elgin (0-2, 0-0) Upstate Eight Valley Game time: 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Last week: Glenbard South 28, Glenbard East 25; Lockport ...

A longtime zoologist, Margaret Bowen, has been named manager at Aurora's 101-year-old Phillips Park Zoo. Bowen has nearly 20 years experience working in the animal care field at zoos and animal clinics throughout the country. She obtained her bach...

During Superintendent Karen Sullivan's first two years leading Indian Prairie Unit District 204, the district has posted a record composite ACT score of 24.7 and topped state averages on new standardized tests. With these and other accomplishments ...

Hampshire football player Trevone Woods is thriving in a communication-reliant sport though he can barely hear a word. Mostly deaf since birth, the 16-year-old Aurora resident scored his first varsity touchdown in the fourth quarter of last Friday's...