A McHenry County man linked to the beating and torture of a suspected thief at a Cary home agreed this morning to testify against his three co-defendants in exchange for a plea deal that keeps him out of prison. Nicholas Sweeney, 24, of Woodstock, a...

Smart thinkers, those biologists in DuPage County. Because our local weather patterns resemble those of May instead of a traditional fall season, trout fishing has been put on hold in DuPage County. In fact, DuPage has postponed the opening of its...

Former Prospect High School choir director Jason Krigas sits in a downstate prison cell serving time for sexually abusing students. But until recently when the Daily Herald began asking questions about his status, Krigas remained a fully licensed te...

Former Prospect High School choir director Jason Krigas sits in a downstate prison cell serving time for sexually assaulting students. But until recently when the Daily Herald began asking questions about his status, Krigas remained a fully licensed...

Turners Haunted House: The Elgin Turners will hold its annual haunted house Fridays through Sunday, through Oct. 28 and on Halloween, at Elgin Turner Hall, 112 Villa St., Elgin. The haunted house will be open to "those who dare to enter!" from 7...

The McHenry County Historical Society, headquartered in Union, received two Awards of Excellence from the Illinois Association of Museums. One award was for a continuing advertising campaign involving magnetic signs for vehicles. "Got History" sign...

The leader of the Daily Herald's Elgin office has been honored by his old high school. Jim Baumann, who graduated from Prospect High School in Mt. Prospect in 1980, was given a distinguished alumnus award by the school during homecoming last week. S...

It's a real pity that the Fox River Grove School Board chose to fire Dave Warwak, the art teacher who urged his students to go vegan. They should have given him an award and allowed him to hold nutrition classes. I wish teachers would urge my kids t...