Holly Yee, a seventh-grade science teacher at Ellis Middle School in Elgin, is the Kane County Educator of the Year. Yee was among 29 educators recognized Friday at the 41st annual Kane County Educator of the Year Awards banquet held at the Q Center...

On Friday, May 6, Centro de Información will be celebrating its annual Community Day Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at the Elgin Country Club. Two individuals will be honored for their contributions to Centro de Información and the Hispanic community. Th...

Suburban libraries are far more likely to increase spending on staff than on books and other new materials for patrons. That's according to a Daily Herald analysis of library audits and Illinois State Library reports that show 44 of 54 suburban libr...

The Gamma Xi Chapter Foundation for Educational Pursuits is pleased to announce the selection of six recipients for their 2016 recruitment grants. Each recipient will receive $4,750, which will be awarded over her four years of college as long as sh...

A Lake County judge delayed a decision Tuesday on whether Melissa Calusinski should be granted a new trial for the death of a 16-month-old Deerfield child at a now-closed Lincolnshire day care. Judge Daniel Shanes set a June 13 status hearing to ru...

Twenty-nine Kane County educators will be recognized Friday and one will be chosen Kane County Educator of the Year. The 41st annual Kane County Educator of the Year Awards banquet begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Q Center in St. Charles. Awards will be ...

Amid contract negotiations with the village, the Carpentersville firefighters union is asking an arbitrator to negotiate the layoffs of two full-time firefighters. The layoffs took effect Friday, but the union filed a grievance last month after they...

Owner Spencer Hunn knows the success of any Slide the City event revolves around one thing: The size of the hill. That's why residents of suburban Chicago are in for a treat this summer, he said, when the 1,000-foot vinyl water slide takes over Mapl...