With working from home, learning from home and pretty much doing everything at home in 2020, it's hard to remember what happened yesterday, let alone a month ago. That's where this roundup of our most-read stories on dailyherald.com comes in. Here's...

We said goodbye to several notable suburban residents in 2020. They left indelible marks on their communities through impressive accomplishments and dedicated public service. The list includes local officials and community, religious and business le...

Scott Helton was a school principal at heart. At Addison Trail High School, he was the kind of principal you'd see at sporting events or theater productions. To promote a school performance of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," he was willing ...

Alicia Smith wanted to help her biracial children connect with their cultural heritage. Smith, of Aurora, is Black. The father of her two sons is Mexican. It's why Smith enrolled the boys in a bilingual program at Johnson Elementary School in Auror...

As suburban school districts roll out fall reopening plans, the state's second-largest teachers union is calling for its members to start the 2020-21 school year with e-learning during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “From a safety standpoint for stu...

July 4 weekend is here - minus much of the usual fanfare. Festivals and most fireworks displays have been canceled because of COVID-19, and what festivities remain are far from traditional. But thanks to car parades, decorated-home routes and a few ...

The usual flag-waving, star-spangled spectacle of July 4 will be toned down quite a bit this year, the result of traditional parades, fests and many fireworks displays being canceled over COVID-19 concerns. That doesn't mean, however, that your only...

This story has been updated to correct Susie Knoblauch's title. As adviser to the school's Torch newspaper, William Colosimo kept the flame of journalism education burning at Addison Trail High School. Colosimo, who lived in Oswego, died Frida...

In a message released by James W. “Bill” Oxford, National Commander of the American Legion, he asks Americans to celebrate Memorial Day in a different way this year. “I'm calling on The American Legion Family to encourage communities far and wide to...