Higher pump prices plus warmer weather can reshape one's transportation thinking. May delivers just the calendar kick to opt for a bike-healthy way of commuting, running errands and satisfying other transportation needs. Since 1956, the League of Am...

In 1975, when Fremd High School hosted the Mid-Suburban League conference gymnastics meet, Fremd coach Frank Benesh was "hoping to clean up" with outstanding twins Doug and David Smidl leading the way for the freshmen/sophomore team. But David suffe...

Nearly a decade after the congregation envisioned the idea, the groundwork finally has begun on an affordable housing development on more than 8 acres donated by Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church in Deerfield. The site at 10 Deerfield Road, just west...

Submit event listings to dailyherald.com/share; deadline is two weeks before event or registration deadline. Coming soon Glenbrook North band & orchestra concert: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12, at the Glenbrook North Center for the Performing ...

Baxter International is putting its 47-year-old, 101-acre campus near Deerfield on the market in response to a greater reliance on employees working remotely. "Workplace dynamics are changing, with Baxter offering and many employees choosing a hybri...

As tragic events continue to unfold in Ukraine, many around the world are thinking back to the Cold War-era that began after World War II and extended into the early 1990s. The Cold War included a number of tense confrontations between the United St...

Every decade or so, a hiker in the Cook County Forest Preserve Dam No. 1 Woods south of Dundee Road and east of the Des Plaines River would stumble across a mysterious tombstone and want to know the story of George S. Schnabele, who died on June 30,...

Jake Breen is like a lot of runners when he's out there on the course. “I think about finishing,” he said. His times, though, are unlike those of most runners. At 9 years old, the Willowbrook Elementary School third-grader placed fourth out of 303 e...