Starts before Friday Elgin Fringe Festival: Wednesday through Sunday, Sept. 6-10, in downtown Elgin. Opening night Wednesday at the Martini Room. Most performances are Thursday through Sunday. The 10th annual event features a variety of perform...

Every so often Lee Maciejewski brings up the topic of retirement to his wife, Nora. "She just shakes her head and says, 'Sure, Lee.'" She's a skeptic. Both are retired teachers, but as a high school coach Lee Maciejewski is a lifer. Other than a lap...

Bond has been set at $100,000 for a 19-year-old man living in Naperville on a student visa who has been accused of soliciting a 12-year-old girl through text messages to engage in sexual acts, officials said. Eziz Serdarow, 19, is charged with indec...

A Woodridge man has been accused of killing a bicyclist while driving drunk Monday afternoon in Lisle. Salil Chander, 33, of the 4100 block of Nelson Court is being held on $1 million bail in the DuPage County jail. He is charged with one count of l...

National Night Out, celebrated annually on the first Tuesday in August, offers a chance to meet your neighbors and local first responders in a relaxed setting. The evening is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support...

By Luke Zurawski lzurawski@dailyherald.com Starts before Friday Intelligentsia Cup Chicago: Through July 30. Annual criterium race series featuring 10 races in 10 days. Remaining events include: Cycle Brookfield Criterium July 26; Northbrook Grand P...

A 25-year-old Will County man has been charged with fleeing from Lisle police early Tuesday before crashing his SUV into a backyard, authorities said. Reid Sapato, of the 8500 block of Stone Creek Boulevard in Frankfort, faces one felony count of ag...

This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. If, as some investigators hope, Leann Lewis is willing and able to provide new information now that her husband James has died, that could mean much more than a capstone...

Starts before Friday Kane County Fair: 3-11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, July 12-13; noon to midnight Friday and Saturday, July 14-15; and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 16, at the Kane County Fairgrounds, 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Grands...