The final week of the regular season is this weekend with the 256-team playoff field to be announced Saturday evening. There are six area teams that have already punched their ticket to the dance. There are another six teams that are hoping this wee...

ATLANTA — Most contractors told them they would tear it down. A two-story, five-bedroom Victorian built around 1900, it was abandoned and collapsing, with vines reaching its rafters. Elegant features were scavenged long ago. The house's place in Ame...

Starts before Friday Goebbert's Fall Festival: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Monday, Oct. 31, at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard, 42W813 Reinking Road, Pingree Grove, and 40 W. Higgins Road, South Barrington. Animals, mazes, wagon r...

Starts before Friday Sandwich Fair: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, Sept. 7-9; 8 a.m. to midnight Saturday, Sept. 10; and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Sandwich Fairgrounds, 15730 Pratt Road, Sandwich. Carnival, food, ve...

This editorial represents the consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board With former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev laid to rest Saturday in his native Russia, we are drawn to comments he offered here in the suburbs as we reflect...

Editor's Note: This is a version of an article that appeared in the Daily Herald on April 22, 2012, here edited to remove outdated information on the event. Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev advocated respect for freedom and human...

Daily Goebbert's Fall Festival: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Monday, Oct. 31, at 42W813 Reinking Road, Pingree Grove. Animals, mazes, wagon rides, pig races and more. See website for activity hours. Tickets are $17 on weekdays, $20 on weekends and ...

On Wednesday, Sept. 7, Judson University will commemorate Constitution Day with a special guest speaker Dr. Joshua Dunn, who will give a presentation at 10 a.m. in Herrick Chapel, 1151 N. State St. in Elgin. Dunn is executive director of the Center ...