The Elgin cultural arts commission unanimously recommended that a controversial mural inspired by a 1930 lynching photo be removed permanently from public display. “Everything that you said was really moving,” Commissioner Karly Kirkpatrick said a ...

Trinity International University Head Soccer Coach Patrick Gilliam was inducted into the National Christian College Athletic Association Hall of Fame during the association's Hall of Fame Banquet at the NCCAA Annual Convention June 2. Gilliam was on...

The 13th annual Fehlman Memorial Senior All-Star Game will be played on Monday at Judson University in Elgin. The event features the top senior softball players from around the Fox Valley area and is dedicated to the memory of Dave and Robbie Fehlma...

By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com Love survives. No matter what new ruination Alzheimer's disease might inflict upon Marshall Brodien's mind today, the Geneva magician famous for portraying Wizzo the Wizard on TV's "The Bozo Show" still r...

As the city of Elgin readies to hold public meetings about the fate of a controversial mural, a 2007 video shows its creators describing the work as thought-provoking but making no mention of it being inspired by a lynching photo. The "American Noct...

Tickets are on sale for Judson University's World Leaders Forum Inspirational Series Oct. 10 featuring Olympic gold medalist gymnast Mary Lou Retton. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Retton became the first American to win the all-around go...

Second Baptist pastor, the Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Edmond, spent most of his life in a successful business career before turning to the ministry in his 40s. Growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, during the heyday of legal Southern segregation, he attended C...