1. A new Daily Herald feature asks interesting people in the suburbs the questions you may have wondered about. First up, a Carpentersville Ironman triathlete talks about the motivation, the training, and the bathroom breaks. 2. The real Matt Foley...

Inverness resident Mia Scheid, owner of Palatine-based Fitness Arts, said she had a life-changing trip to India and Tibet. She received a healing bowl, participated in a Himalayan meditation maze and other sacred ceremonies with experts. Most of al...

Editor's note: Today we're debuting a new feature called INfrequently Asked Questions. Each week, we'll explore the sides of suburbanites' jobs or hobbies that you might have always wondered about. Brandon Orna Age: 35 Hometown:...

Images that paint the pending Longmeadow Parkway as a place where hoards of blaring trucks whip down an I-90 clone and run down schoolchildren on the way to school are dangerously out of touch with both facts and reality, according to state and loca...

After three attempts to qualify as a homebuyer was followed by a yearlong wait, Sheena Perez of Elgin saw her first home being built in a mere 25 days. That's because the 25th anniversary of Habitat for Humanity Northern Fox Valley was Friday, when ...

On Tuesday, Aug. 4, residents throughout the Fox Valley will turn on their porch lights and step outside to spend an evening with their neighbors and police officers in celebration of National Night Out. National Night Out is a national celebration...

With a desire to end the reliance on riverboat gambling money bailouts, Kane County Forest Preserve commissioners may decide to ratchet up the property tax levy. For years the district has kept its levy flat. But for the past two, that's only been p...

For 25 volunteer days this summer, almost 300 Habitat for Humanity volunteers put in more than 2,800 hours of labor helping to build a home for Sheena Perez and her family on an existing lot on Elma Avenue in Elgin. Volunteers, donors, neighbors, fr...