Elgin • Elgin firefighters responded to the 2500 block of Westfield Drive at 7:58 a.m. Thursday for a report of an overnight envelope with an "unknown substance" inside, said Battalion Chief Greg Benson. No employees at the credit card processing fa...

Deadline for submissions is noon Monday. Due to space limitations, not all "Your Faith" items are listed here. The complete column appears on the Daily Herald Web site, dailyherald.com. To submit items, send them to faith@dailyherald.com. Cornh...

Craft shows, bazaars, rummage sales, farmers markets. Deadline is two weeks before event date. Oct. 2 Glass signing: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3, Mangels of Long Grove, 421 Robert Parker Coffin Road, Long Grove. Glass or...

Looks like Gov. Quinn is following in the footsteps of former Gov. Ryan, releasing prisoners instead of trimming the budget of waste and feel good programs. My question to the governor is: "Will you take the place of any prisoner that reverts to kin...

To include your church in the free listings, e-mail to foxvalley@dailyherald.com, fax to (847) 608-0849, or mail to 385 Airport Road, Suite A, Elgin IL 60123. Bethlehem Lutheran: On Sunday, Oct. 4, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 340 Grand Blvd. in ...

St. Charles • A computer was reported stolen from a business on the 3800 block of East Main Street in St. Charles between Sept. 23 and Sept. 24, police said. Although there were many other computers also at the business, only one was taken. The esti...

For quite a few lodge owners, resort operators and fishing tackle retailers, the annual winter gathering of outdoors people at the Donald Stephens Convention Center had been the focal point of booking business for the coming spring and summer months...

The owner of a Bensenville temp agency and her assistant were sentenced to prison Wednesday for harboring illegal aliens and helping them procure jobs with security clearance at O'Hare International Airport. Mary Gurin, 38, of Carpentersville, owner...