Make the Northbrook Park District's Liberty Loop 5K and Liberty Lap Fun Run part of your 4th of July weekend festivities. The race begins at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, July 3, at Techny Prairie Park and Fields, 1750 Techny Road. The Liberty Loop offers par...

Wheeling resident Eric Fischer's sudden death last year at just 54 left a void not only in the lives of his family and friends, but also in the various charitable efforts he supported. But his loved ones carried on his spirit of giving Sunday, with ...

This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: The bold dream of Natalie Griffin and Amy Philpott to open Gerry's Café, staffed by adults with intellectual and develop...

This year for Father's Day, consider giving Dad the gift of time spent with you over brunch, lunch or dinner. And whether you want to take him out to eat or prefer celebrating at home, many suburban restaurants are offering dine-in and meal kit opti...

• Adelaide Dieckmeyer was promoted to head coach of the girls varsity lacrosse team at Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights. Dieckmeyer has been part of the Viator girls lacrosse program for six years, serving as the head coach of the fres...

Glenview's emphasis on strengthening communications must proceed without its own great communicator, Lynne Stiefel. The village's former communications specialist, and before that a veteran journalist with several community newspapers, retired May 2...

A Northbrook animal shelter is moving to Wheeling and should open in the new location in November. Heartland Animal Shelter, a no-kill facility at 2975 N. Milwaukee Ave., is in the process of buying a building at 586 Palwaukee Drive in Wheeling....