At the end of the hall in a classroom behind the stage, Northbrook Junior High Drama Teacher David Downing encourages students to concentrate, and rehearse, rehearse, rehearse in order to effectively express themselves. Downing, who is being recogni...

The confusion and distortions being circulated about the Fair Tax Amendment need to be cleared up. Under the current Illinois Constitution, all state income taxes must be levied at the same rate for everyone. Since the legislature has power to raise...

Northbrook is mourning the passing of former Police Chief Charles Wernick. Wernick, who retired after 45 years of police work on Nov. 1, 2017, died on Oct. 19. A resident of Florida but formerly of Long Grove, Wernick, 74, died of COVID-19, accord...

Hoffman Estates officials on Monday approved a plan to divide the former Sports Authority building on Hoffman Boulevard into separate spaces for Burlington and Dollar Tree stores, as well as a deal reimbursing up to $450,000 in sales tax to make it ...

It is both an anniversary worth remembering and a historic reminder worth noting. Ninety years ago this fall, Northbrook High School began a relatively short 22-year existence that included just 14 years as a four-year high school. Many of those 22 ...

Shirley Conley brought up a great point about her late mother, Marion (Knoll) Engelking. "It's not when you died," Shirley said, "it's how you lived." Mrs. Engelking died at age 96, midway through this past summer. Her story, whose roots span the hi...

The Republican challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider for his seat in Congress personally lent her campaign more than $1 million during the year's third quarter, a new financial disclosure report shows. But even with the big cash infusion, ...

Interactive mapFind an interactive map where you can search counts by ZIP code at dailyherald.com. Suburbs' portion There have been 155,350 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 44% of the state's total, according to the...