Rishabh Wuppalapati, a senior at Stevenson High School, is the founder and director of the You Project, an organization dedicated to promoting geographic literacy and ethnic and cultural awareness. Wuppalapati's group has written several bills with ...

Having already contributed $145 million to his reelection campaign, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker - the wealthiest sitting politician in America - shared his considerable personal fortune with other Democratic candidates and groups in the weeks before...

By Luke Zurawski lzurawski@dailyherald.com Before Friday "Frindle": 10 a.m. daily through Friday, Feb. 24, at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. Based on the book by Andrew Clements, a student decides to c...

From start to finish, Loyola wrestler Massey Odiotti was No. 1. The Ramblers senior became the school's first wrestler to win a state title when he earned the Illinois High School Athletic Assocation boys Class 3A 120-pound title Feb. 18 in Champaig...

With about 65 first graders chanting “Clarey! Clarey! Clarey!” residents and staff at Marklund Hyde Center campus in Geneva could say without hesitation it was the most noise they have heard in their community day services rooms since before the pan...

Before Friday Chicago Auto Show: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily through Sunday, Feb. 19, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, at McCormick Place, 2301 S. King Drive, Chicago. Nearly 1,000 different vehicles are on display, including domestic and importe...

For the first time, Ted Beyer attended the annual memorial ceremony the City of Aurora conducted Wednesday for his son, Russell, and the four other men killed Feb. 15, 2019, at Henry Pratt Co. And he made sure U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, who spoke at the...

It's been 15 years since a lone gunman stepped into a Northern Illinois University lecture hall and fatally shot five students, wounded dozens of others and left a mark some say won't ever go away. The lasting impact of the tragedy - a Feb. 14, 2008...