Hoffman Estates

The Illinois House approved a bill Tuesday to allow student teachers to receive stipends while earning their education degree, even though the money needed to fund those stipends is unlikely to be included in next year’s budget.

One challenge stemming from the influx of migrants that some advocates say the state has not done enough to address is educating the children of those coming across the border.

Fifteen years after a senseless act of violence claimed the life of Jeff Engelhardt's father, younger sister and grandmother, the former Northwest Herald reporter, now-married father of two, still chooses forgiveness.

The Sears headquarters in Hoffman Estates - where the once-mighty retailer moved from the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago in the 1990s - will soon be torn down.

From 1950 until 2023, 11 tornadoes occurred in the Chicago area during the month of February, according to the National Weather Service in Romeoville whose forecast area includes 18 counties in northeast Illinois and five in northwest Indiana.

A Lake in the Hills couple assumed the roles of executive producers in supporting their son who wrote, directed and filmed an independent film drawing some attention from several film festivals over the last year.

Pure magic would describe “Corteo,” a fantasy-filled production by Cirque du Soleil, whose signature circus artistry is paired with absorbing theater and live vocalists and musicians sharing the performance space. It is playing through June 4 in the western suburbs.

Cirque du Soleil returns to northern Illinois for the first time since 2019, presenting “Corteo” from June 1 to 4.

Those charged with felonies the week of April 16, 2023, by the Cary, Crystal Lake, Huntley, Island Lake, Johnsburg, McHenry, Spring Grove and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office and the North Central Narcotics Task Force.

A Midway International Airport worker. A doctor who assists women with abortions. The head of a service for homeless individuals. All three are among guests invited by members of Illinois’ congressional delegation to attend President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.

An Algonquin eye doctor who died while awaiting his murder trial instructed family members to liquidate more than $1 million in bank accounts and mutual funds, a wrongful death lawsuit alleges.

Dereck Kelly, 20, pleaded guilty on Nov. 7 to reckless homicide for the May 8, 2021, collision at Eighth Street and Strom Drive that killed Carl Bley of Hoffman Estates.

Prairie Ridge faces Hoffman Estates in a Hinkle Holiday Classic basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

Marian Central faces Hoffman Estates in a Hinkle Holiday Classic basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

After nearly four years as Carpentersville’s village manager, Eric Johnson is moving on to the Fox River Water Reclamation District.