Immanuel Lutheran, First United Methodist and St. James Episcopal, three of Dundee's historic churches, are the focus of a walk slated to depart from The Depot in East Dundee on Sunday, July 10. All three churches date back to the 1800s and have in...

Kane County will fulfill less than half the wish list of local schools, nonprofits and municipalities seeking financial help through riverboat gambling profits. The county received $3.21 million from Elgin's Grand Victoria Casino this year. The tota...

The 14 Chicagoland offices of Home Helpers will host more than 120 veterans for the Aug. 18 Cubs versus Brewers game at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Home Helpers is one of the nation's leading providers of affordable and flexible home care services to ...

The Daily Herald Editorial Board Stepping in the breach Way down a waiting list for a Dundee Township ride service for the disabled, Laura Denton asked Carpentersville for help. The village responded with a $22,000 grant. Now, she and others wi...

A 27-year-old woman accused of trying to bribe Elgin police with $2,000 after her third DUI arrest last year pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and was sentenced to two years of probation, community service and nearly a year of wearing an alcohol mo...

"Show me the first graveyards of the country and I will tell you the true character of its people." When Benjamin Franklin spoke those words, not only was he talking about people buried in them, but the people left to maintain the memories of the li...

Carpenter Park has been nearly empty since plans to renovate and upgrade the space were stalled more than a year ago. Park equipment and facilities had already been removed when state funding for the project was frozen in March 2015, at which point ...

A Huntley pop-rock band is trying to raise $4,000 to replace its musical equipment that was destroyed when the band's van crashed in May. Fundraising efforts include a dinner next month at Culver's in Carpentersville and a gofundme page that so far ...