Maybe it’s a leap of faith to believe readers enjoy looking back at the people and places featured in “Talk of the Town” the past year, but we’re stuck in that mode anyway. So, here I am again providing a summary of the past year, which stood out for...

Mayor David Kaptain laid out Elgin's successes as well as the challenges it faces during his annual State of the City address Tuesday at Elgin Community College. Kaptain said the city continues to grow, both in new residents and businesses. He tout...

Walking along the trail on the west side of the Fox River south of Illinois Street in St. Charles used to be a messy affair. You'd have to watch your step when heading north from Mount St. Mary Park past the Brownstone townhouses because the path wa...

Exhumation of a McHenry County gravesite this week only deepened a 60-year-old mystery: Who was the young Black boy found in the Fox River on April 24, 1963? County Coroner Michael Rein confirmed a judge approved the exhumation of a grave at Ostend ...

A river reflecting blue sky and fluffy clouds snakes through Carpentersville, as seen from about 200 feet in the air. The skies just above Carpenter Dam on the Fox River were filled with gulls, ducks, Canada geese and, in this case, one of the Daily...

Engineers may soon start developing plans to remove a dam in downtown Batavia, as the city council settled on an option Monday night. In an 8-4 vote, the council picked Concept B, which would remove the crumbling 112-year-old concrete lowhead dam, p...

It seems odd to call them the “Wiffle ball kids.” Yet, that's how I tend to refer to them. They're all successful grown adults in their 50s, but they will always be the kids from the Fourth Street neighborhood of St. Charles who battled a team from ...

By Luke Zurawski lzurawski@dailyherald.com Starts before Friday Rotary Fest: 6-10:30 p.m. (carnival only) Wednesday, July 19; 6-10:30 p.m. Thursday, July 20; 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, July 21; 2 p.m. to midnight Saturday, July 22; and 2-9 p.m. (car...