A suburban Democratic congresswoman said Wednesday she wrote a $1,218 check to the U.S. Treasury Department to refund a portion of her pay to reflect federal sequestration cuts. “I'm sending off my check to the treasury today,” Tammy Duckworth, of H...

Editor's note: This is the last of three profiles of the men running for Arlington Heights village president. This profile, plus the ones of Tom Hayes and Mark Hellner, are available on www.dailyherald.com. Only one of the three candidates running t...

Sharing your favorite book can be a piece of cake – or a whole one. The Harper College Library is challenging the public to turn good reads into delectable treats in an Edible Books Contest marking National Library Week. The literary-and-culinary-i...

As a second-generation Italian American, Harper College Theatre Professor Laura Pulio Colbert knows there's more to the College's spring play than a funny, fiery love story. The show, “Italian American Reconciliation,” is as much a celebration of lo...

Elisa Galvan of Hoffman Estates is a veteran debater and co-captain of Harper’s high-powered speech and debate team. At the state championship last month for two-year colleges, it showed. Galvan won the state title in extemporaneous speaking and ano...

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles of mayoral candidates in the Northwest suburbs. As a child, Ray Kincaid swept steps, cleaned rooms and helped do small repairs at residences his father managed in the Northwest suburbs. Now, the 60...

Cutting teaching hours for part-time faculty, absorbing the cost of employee pensions, retraining today’s workforce for an evolving job market, and improving graduation rates are among the top concerns for five candidates running for three, six-year...