This week's sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast went back to its roots, as the event was held at its original venue. About 180 people filled Poplar Creek Country Club to once again hear the sounds of the Sears Holdings Associate ...

A 26-year-old Aurora man already in jail on attempted murder charges stemming from a 2006 shooting has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly shooting another Aurora man to death two years earlier. Cevin Y. Stanford, of th...

On any given day, Sandra L. Devine would meet with students who spoke Urdu, Gujarti or even Tagalog, one of the major languages spoken in the Philippines. She met her students one-on-one or in small groups as their English Language Learning tutor at...

Elgin • An Elgin teen was accused breaking into a neighbor's home and stealing prescription pills at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, police said. A set of footprints in the snow led from a neighbor's home to his residence, police said. Ryan Hopp, 17, of 1288 Ple...

• Eric S. Anderson, son of Steve and Beth Anderson of Schaumburg, was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant in the United States Army Nov. 27, 2007. Lieutenant Anderson, a 2002 graduate of Schaumburg High School and a 2006 graduate of Illinois St...

Scrapbook event to help fight MS The Machonis family of Bartlett will host the second annual "Crop for a Cause: Making MS a Memory" in Schaumburg March 1. This is a scrapbook night and silent auction to raise money for multiple sclerosis. The event ...

An odd dynamic is at play in the Democratic primary for the 56th Illinois House District, which takes in most of Roselle and Schaumburg and parts of Bloomingdale, Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates and Rolling Meadows. The incumbent in...

To submit your listing, e-mail ntwohey@dailyherald.com, or fax (847) 427-1301 at least two weeks prior to the event. News of the week On-line auction: District 214 Community Education on-line auction: starting Feb. 1, go to CE214.org for a prev...

For the rest of the school year, we'll feature an occasional series in the Neighbor section introducing readers to the men and women who sit in the corner offices of schools across DuPage County. Beyond learning why they entered education, you'll fi...

Here is what's in the news at Elgin Area School District U-46 schools. To learn more, visit the Web site at www.u-46.org. Ellis bull; On Friday after school, the seventh-graders at Ellis Middle School in Elgin will be sharing and demonstrat...