Republican incumbent Robert "Bob" Larsen of Wheaton faces a challenge from Democrat Greg Schwarze of Carol Stream for the DuPage County District 6 board seat in the Nov. 3 general election. Larsen, an attorney, was elected to the board in 2010. He s...

Democrat Greg Schwarze of Carol Stream is challenging Republican incumbent Robert "Bob" Larsen of Wheaton for the DuPage County District 6 board seat in the Nov. 3 general election. Schwarze, a Carol Stream firefighter/paramedic, has served as Carol...

One in 12 African Americans and one in 100 Latinos carry the trait for sickle cell disease - a debilitating blood disorder treated by blood transfusions. Blood donors of the same racial/ethnic background make the best match. Yet, less than 5% of blo...

After distributing nearly 2 million free meals to children since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Elgin Area School District U-46 is expanding the program - adding three dozen community sites for meal pickup during the 2020-21 school year. Membe...

Two incumbent state House Democrats and their Republican challengers from the Northwest and Western suburbs debated the governor's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the state budget during a recent Daily Herald Editorial Board i...

Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 121,613 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 46% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 4,053 deaths in the suburbs, ...

Earlier this year, West Chicago Mayor Ruben Pineda presented a compelling invitation to other DuPage County mayors at the June Mayors and Mangers conference call to join him in a national movement campaign to increase community health through an inc...

Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 119,378 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 46.3% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 4,034 deaths in the suburbs,...

Cameron Ruebusch might have thought he'd lucked upon an easy score on New Year's Eve 2018, when he stepped out of his Elk Grove Village home and spotted a delivery van parked outside. Instead, Ruebusch is looking at a lot of hard time - or even a ...