A knee injury abruptly ended heart transplant survivor Bill Spence's quest to hike the Appalachian Trail only three days into the journey, but he hopes to try again next year. "Being out on that trail and seeing the things that I saw while I was out...

As part of its expansion into the Northwest suburbs, a breakfast and lunch restaurant chain is expected to open a Carpentersville location this summer. Southern Belles Pancake House plans to renovate and move into a vacant building at 152 S. Western...

Public speaking is an important skill for school, work and life, but many Americans have anxiety about presenting information to an audience. "Through 4-H, all youth are encouraged to develop communication and public speaking skills," said 4-H Youth...

Carpentersville is implementing a new evaluation process in the event future layoffs in the public works department are required. Seniority will no longer be a factor when determining which employees are affected during a layoff, as per an agreement...

Former Daily Herald reporter talks about covering Orlando killings Carpentersville native Marco Santana, a former Daily Herald reporter now with the Orlando Sentinel, has been covering Sunday's shootings at the Pulse nightclub. Documenting the ...

Kane County's first school-based food pantry will open at Carpentersville Middle School this fall to help underprivileged families within Community Unit District 300. The Algonquin-based district is partnering with a local nonprofit to build the Dis...

A former Carpentersville Middle School teacher accused of sexually assaulting two former students is getting drug treatment while her case is pending, according to court records. Lindsay P. Anderson, 27, of Geneva, was charged in May 2015 with the s...

A Lake County judge will hold an evidentiary hearing to decide whether Melissa Calusinski should be granted a new trial for the death of a 16-month-old Deerfield boy at a now-closed Lincolnshire day care. Judge Daniel Shanes set a July 8 status date...

Carpentersville native Marco Santana, a former Daily Herald reporter now with the Orlando Sentinel, has been covering Sunday's shootings at the Pulse nightclub. Documenting the aftereffects of the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States his...