In many ways, Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 is the envy of its neighbors. The district has a reserve fund that could cover a full year of expenses. It has managed to renovate all of its school buildings without asking voters to approve a...

Candidates vying to lead Elgin-area schools debated a controversial transgender locker room access policy during a forum last week. Board President Donna Smith of Hanover Park, and trustees Veronica Noland and Cody Holt, both of Elgin, face challen...

Two cats were rescued from a house fire on the 1400 block of Steeplechase Road in Bartlett that caused an estimated $150,000 damage to the structure and another $150,000 to its contents. Family members were not at home when the Bartlett Fire Protect...

Her beginnings, same as most of us in this business, were humble. As a Daily Herald intern, she rounded up police blotter from Streamwood, Hanover Park and Bartlett. When she was hired as a full-time reporter, she covered Streamwood, and later Barri...

Editor's note: This story is republished from a 2003 series, "Passage from India," by former Daily Herald reporter Rukmini Callimachi. She traveled to the country with M. Scott Mahaskey, a former photographer for the newspaper. PINDWARA, Rajasthan -...

Two of five candidates vying to lead the state's second-largest school district say a newly adopted high school social studies curriculum promotes "racism against white males" at a forum Thursday. Incumbent board President Donna Smith of Hanover Par...

The case of a former Hanover Park man accused of beating a robbery victim with a brick in downtown Elgin has come to an abrupt and violent end. The accused, Brandon K. Taylor, became Rockford's second homicide victim of 2017 when he was shot to deat...

A noise commission's contentious approval of a three-month overnight runway rotation test at O'Hare International Airport Friday reflected clear divides among suburbs eager for noise relief and those fearful of sleepless nights. If federal regulator...

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