This article has been updated to correct the gender of composer Pornchanok Kanchanabanca. Emmy Award-winner and Glen Ellyn native Sean Hayes picked up his first Joseph Jefferson Equity Award Monday night for his tour-de-force performance as pi...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - It wasn't long ago that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz would have been looking at a near-certain death sentence for murdering 17 people in Parkland, even if his jury could not unanimously agree on his fate. Until 2...

Bio Party: Republican Office sought: Kane County Treasurer City: Aurora Age: 69 Occupation: CPA Tax Specialist Previous offices held: Illinois State Senator 1993-2012, Kane County Board Chairman 2012-2020 Q&A Q: Why are you running for thi...

“Tiger Style!” - ★ ★ ½ The overachieving siblings at the center of Mike Lew's witty, satirical “Tiger Style!” are unhappy and out of place. Albert Chen, a Harvard University-educated software programmer has lost a promotion to a slacker colleague. ...

Ania Figueroa knows firsthand the struggles of being a student whose first home language isn't English. Figueroa's family moved from Chile to the United States just shy of her 12th birthday. She was an English as a Second Language student at a time ...

Wheaton Academy (5-1) at St. Edward (1-5) When: Friday, 7 p.m. Previous matchup: Wheaton Academy 49, St. Edward 6 (2021 at Wheaton Academy) About the Warriors: Wheaton Academy coach Jim Johanik isn't paying attention to St. Edward's 1-5 mark. "We ar...

From plank roads to toll roads, and one-room school houses to flourishing universities, the suburbs and the Daily Herald have grown up since the newspaper's founding in 1872. Along the way, the region has made history with discoveries such as the to...

Brian Carroll, head professional at The Hawk Country Club in St. Charles, is the Illinois PGA Player of the Year. Carroll, who led the Bernardi point standings most of the season, clinched the title with a tie for seventh in the IPGA Players Champio...

The suburbs have been home to some of the greatest writers, actors, sports stars and business pioneers of the past 150 years. Our list includes Oscar winners, Olympians and important historical figures - from the presidential candidate who came clos...