Elgin Community College and its partners are preparing for Project Backpack, a community-based initiative to benefit area students in need from Elgin Area School District U-46, Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300, Central Unit District 301, ...

A Carpentersville man was charged with intimidation, trespassing and resisting a police officer after he fled on foot through an Algonquin neighborhood Tuesday morning, court records show. The incident occurred a few blocks from Algonquin Middle and...

As Summit School kicks off its summer school program at the end of the month, the board and staff will also welcome a new principal, Ivory Clark. Currently an assistant principal in Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300, Clark is joining Summi...

Before Friday “Airness”: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19; 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, April 20 through May 21, at Citadel Theatre Company, 300 S. Waukegan Road, Lake Forest. A woman enters her first air guitar competition...

During National Volunteer Week, which is April 16-22, the Naperville Park District recognizes all of the volunteers who support its mission, with special thanks this year to student volunteers from Naperville Community Unit District 203 and Indian P...

This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Last Nov. 11, we wrote an editorial with this online headline: "As an ugly partisan campaign season ends, we turn to more genteel local contests in 2023." Now we can ask...

The Northwest Suburban High School District 214 board conducted a national search for its first new superintendent in 17 years, but it didn't have to look far at all. The board Thursday night named Huntley Unit District 158 Superintendent Scott Rowe...

Before Friday “The Book of Mormon”: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, April 11-14; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 15; and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 16, at Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago. The nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical ...

With few exceptions, candidate slates that pushed for "parental rights" and leaned into culture war issues failed to make waves Tuesday in politically charged races for suburban school boards. While at least one conservative-leaning incumbent won re...