The Greater Elgin Area YWCA is seeking community leaders to be honored at its 25th annual Leader Luncheon on May 8. Nomination request forms have been mailed to area organizations and businesses, with the nomination deadline set for Thursday. Anyo...

The Community Unit District 300 School Board has launched a special new effort aimed at establishing a more personal and direct relationship with the taxpayers they represent. In the district's 2006-07 strategic plan survey, the public expressed a d...

Local, small town "governance" can sometimes be plagued by pettiness and a hunger for power that far outdistances the scope of any elective or appointed position. Now, though, the level of spite, meanness and idiocy in some local governments is reac...

I have taken heat this week over my coverage of Carpentersville Trustee Paul Humpfer's conviction and the ensuing actions of Village President Bill Sarto. It's time that I defended myself and the publication for which I work. It should be said that ...

I've been following the interesting domestic battery case concerning Paul Humpher and his wife. I see justice has prevailed and that Paul Humpher was found guilty of beating his wife. He will be sentenced on April 10. The March 6 Daily Herald art...

You'd have thought I was asking for a copy of the "Pentagon Papers" or Prince Harry's latest military assignment. Nothing that interesting. Just a simple traffic ticket. Judging by the response from East Dundee Police Chief Terry Mee, you'd have th...

Algonquin • Two people were accused of shoplifting at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at Meijer's, 400 S. Randall Road, police said. Kimberly A. Scaliatine, 20, of 225 Brett Circle, Wauconda and Brian S. Jenkins, 20, of 4918 Willow Lane, McHenry, were charged wi...

Carpentersville • A Carpentersville man who failed to appear in court Tuesday for a traffic offense was arrested Wednesday and brought back to court Thursday, police said. David J. Frazier, 27, of 5 Oxford Apt. 5, was charged with driving while lice...