Residents are encouraged to donate blood from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. today at Pheasant Ridge School in Glendale Heights in honor of two hospitalized boys. Vishv Patel, 7, and his 4-year-old brother, Om, suffered severe burns Nov. 18 in a fire polic...

Submit listings to tricity@dailyherald.com. Sixteen Waubonsee Students will exhibit artwork at the Yorkville city hall as part of "Art in City Hall," presented by the city of Yorkville, through Jan. 24. Open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. t...

U.S. consumer prices rose last year at the highest rate in nearly two decades, mainly due to soaring energy and food prices, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index, the government's broadly used inflation yardsti...

Best & brightest • Brian Silverstein, son of Al and Debbie Silverstein of Gurnee and a 2005 graduate of Warren Township High School, was named a November student of the month at Quincy University where he is a junior communication major. Silverstein...

• Philip B. Elfstrom Scholarships, which are administered by the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley, are available to graduating high school seniors who live within the city of Batavia or Batavia School District 101. Eligibility is restric...

The gloves really came off when 14th Congressional District GOP frontrunners Jim Oberweis and Chris Lauzen met at an hourlong debate Tuesday night at Aurora University. In his opening statement, Oberweis brought up Lauzen's decision last month to r...

The St. Charles Park District has scheduled two forums to discuss a $25 million tax increase referendum on the Feb. 5 ballot. The public meetings will be from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight and Jan. 23, at Pottawatomie Community Center, 8 North Ave. Participa...

Garfield Farm Museum recently announced the founding of a $2,000 scholarship for graduate studies in museum administration. The Garfield Farm Museum Historic Administration Scholarship Fund has been established within the Community Foundation of th...