Two professionals from Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin got more than an early-morning workout during a holiday season visit to a Dundee Township Park District facility. Intensive-care unit registered nurse Dan Brems of Lake in the Hills and Chris...

Pamela DavisHometown: West Chicago Professional background: Former CEO of Edward Hospital System. Community involvement: Naperville Mayor's Advisory Committee and Liquor Commission; advisory committee for Wheaton Bank and Trust, a subsidiary of Win...

The Daily Herald is launching an advisory Sounding Board made up of suburban readers and experts to broaden the perspectives the Editorial Board considers when crafting editorial opinions. The 10-member board, comprising men and women of varying age...

The conviction of a disbarred Northwest suburban attorney for a 45-year-old homicide that authorities initially ruled an accident; guilty pleas from three defendants involved in the racially tinged attack on a suburban teen streamed live on social m...

Several local businesses and about a dozen volunteers have rallied for five months to help the Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin fix carriages damaged by vandalism last summer. Through in-kind donations, physical labor and expertise in various...

A fatal police shooting, employee strikes, school changes and redevelopment projects were among the most memorable moments in the Fox Valley in 2018. Here are some of the top stories of the year: Elgin charter school opens: The Elgin Math and Scienc...

Barrington Area Unit District 220 officials recently honored a nonprofit organization that provides backpacks filled with necessities and other assistance to less-fortunate students. Barrington Children's Charities, an 8-year-old nonprofit organizat...

Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia owes its existence, in part, to the late Leon Lederman. He was the first to propose the United States build a "truly national" accelerator laboratory to attract scientists not just from around the ...