Elgin's Wayside Center has an outdoor fundraiser this weekend, and director Phil Wood is actually hoping for cold and wind and snow. Wait, what? Haven't we seen enough tundra temperatures already this season? Who needs more of this misery? But that'...

Twenty-four years after its Marriott Theatre premiere, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" returns to Lincolnshire. The Bible story-inspired musical stars Max Quinlan as the young man first enslaved, then imprisoned, who is sustained by h...

To submit a listing, e-mail tricity@dailyherald.com or fax to (847) 608-0849. Mediacom: Mediacom Communications is offering $100,000 in scholarship support for high school students who are seniors and plan to obtain further education. For t...

NIU open house Northern Illinois University will host an open house for prospective students and families from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday in the Holmes Student Center, Lucinda Avenue and Normal Road, DeKalb. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet r...

Elgin-based Sherman Health announced the addition of Pamela Walker of Batavia as its new emergency department director. Walker has 20 years experience as an emergency department staff nurse and five years of strategic development and oversight of am...

Algebra was an uphill battle for me in high school. Frustration over a word problem actually led to a hole being kicked in my parents' upstairs hallway, a costly mistake I'll likely never forget. For parents seeing their children struggle in the sub...

Donations needed: 1st Sgt. Andrew Fowles with the Woodstock National Guard Delta Company, 1-178th Infantry Regiment that is deployed to Afghanistan, has asked for help. He is asking for children's gently-used shoes and socks so that his soldiers can...

Catholic Déjà Vu Thrift Shop at 427 S. Fourth St. in Geneva is having a winter clothing bag sale during February. Customers can stock up on clothes, shoes and accessories by filling a bag for only $5. The store is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday ...