If you've ever marveled at a painting, a sculpture or another artistic creation and wondered how artists do what they do, head to the Indian Trails Public Library any Tuesday or Thursday afternoon through mid-July. There, in the first-floor space kn...

The Women Empowered Businesses networking group of the Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to two high school seniors from the Palatine community. Erin McGinn and Samantha Panfil, both from Palatine High School, ac...

Since its inception in 2017, the Veterans Back-to-Work Boot Camp created and administered by the Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce & Industry has provided the training, equipment and networking opportunities for more than 150 former military members t...

This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Waving small American flags and holding up congratulatory certificates, roughly 60 recently naturalized U.S. citizens ga...

Algonquin resident Janice Larson Razaq has been named the 2023 Teacher of the Year by the Music Teachers National Association. Razaq is the director of Keyboard Studies at Harper College in Palatine, where she has been teaching since the 1970s. She ...

As Illinois' cannabis industry grows, area community colleges are adding programs to prepare students for careers in the field. Oakton College in Des Plaines, Harper College in Palatine and Joliet Junior College have jumped into cannabis studies, of...

The Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) recently honored Harper College with the 2023 Equity and Diversity Award. It's the second time Harper received the award, which recognizes leadership on policies that enhance institutional ...

Arlington Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 981 is awarded the 2023 VFW Post 981 Wally Luettschwager Memorial Scholarship Grants to Eva Mason and Julia Olson. Additionally, a scholarship donated by the daughter of former Post member, Bob Henderson, was ...