On the deadliest day of a horrific week in April 2020, COVID took the lives of 816 people in New York City alone. Lost in the blizzard of pandemic data that's been swirling ever since is the fact that 43-year-old Fernando Morales was one of them. Tw...

The Palatine village council Monday approved plans for a warehouse with truck loading docks on nearly 30 acres of green space along Algonquin Road in Palatine. Chicago-based Logistics Property Co. intends to build the 368,000-square-foot building fo...

Harper Radio has been cleaning up this awards season. Harper College's student-run radio station took home a pair of first-place awards at the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System's 2022 Media Awards. • Student Ashley Rosenthal, Harper Radio's gener...

The Schingoethe Center of Aurora University presents two new spring exhibitions focusing on the environment: "Alice Hargrave: Sea Change" and "eARTh tones." Both exhibitions will be on view through Friday, April 29, at the gallery, 1315 Prairie St. ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Rhys Hoksins took an informal poll inside the clubhouse on the popularity of new Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber. 'œYou guys like the new guy?" Hoskins said. 'œI like him.'ť So did Phillies fans on opening day. And his teammates ...

Put on your aprons, get ready to show off your jump shot or prepare for a year at Hogwarts - registration has begun for Harper College's annual InZone summer enrichment and sports camps. Students ages 6 to 14 can choose from more than 150 courses t...

Considering a career in law enforcement? Harper College will host a Law Enforcement Career Fair from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at its Palatine campus. The event, which is open to all but partly is focused on attracting more minority recruits, will offer ...

To listen to Alfredo Gutierrez wax on about the merits of the Midwestern worker is to recall Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago." You know the one. "Hog Butcher for the World, "Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, "Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight...

Christopher J. Schneider and Stacey Hannem are well-respected sociologists. They're both doctors in their field. They each serve as professors at Canadian universities. They've written and edited major works focused on crucial social issues, includi...

This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: The Elgin Area Men's Shed is a place where older men - and women - can get together and socialize while also doing proje...