Thursday Barnes and Noble book fair: 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Thursday in the Deer Park Town Center, 20600 N. Rand Road, Deer Park. Books, CDs, films and food. Local author Jane Hoppe signs copies of her new book "Beyond Betrayal" at 7 p.m. Proceeds benefit S...

Leave it to the Girl Scouts. Given the chance to help boost morale among military personnel serving overseas, they came through, overwhelmingly. Officials with the Yellow Ribbon Support Group in Palatine, who mounted Operation Cookie Drop two years ...

Today Music Institute of Chicago 2008 gala: 6 p.m. today, The Fairmont Chicago, 200 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago. Adrienne, (847) 905-1500, ext. 123. Thursday Barnes and Noble book fair: 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Thursday, in the Deer Park Town Center, 20600 ...

Elgin • Police were called to Villa and Prairie streets at 3:20 p.m. Sunday where a motorcyclist drove off the roadway and struck a pole. He was taken to Sherman Hospital in Elgin where he was pronounced dead at 3:49 p.m. Sunday. Raul Barraza, 28, ...

Bartlett • Tammy L. Gallon, 36, 1245 Fleetwood, Apt. 105, Elgin, was charged with endangering the life of a child and driving under the influence April 19 after an officer stopped her car for traffic violations at Lake and Old Lake streets, police s...

Barrington • Burglars kicked in a rear garage door April 15, but nothing appeared to be missing, out of a home on the 2100 block of Greenock, police said. A damage estimate was not available. • Thieves stole a laptop computer, power cord and calcula...

Hoffman Estates • Hugo Rojas, 29, 700 Salem Drive, Apt. 108, Hoffman Estates, was arrested around 1 a.m. April 9 in the apartment parking lot and charged with possession of a controlled substance after an officer found cocaine in his car, police sai...

Adult concert band to strike up show Spring Valley Concert Band, Schaumburg's adult concert band, will present its annual spring concert, "A Musical Celebration: Thinking Outside the Bach's," at 4 p.m. today at Schaumburg's Prairie Center for the Ar...

We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet the most interesting people? Well, not far. If the past week or so is any indicat...

To submit your listing, e-mail ntwohey@dailyherald.com, or fax (847) 427-1301 at least two weeks prior to the event. April Streamwood Women's Club floral design showcase: 6:30 p.m. Thursday; Canton Middle School auditorium, 1100 Sunset Circle,...