For those of you scoring at home, 2024 was a rough year for Chicago’s pro sports teams. If it wasn’t the worst ever, it’s definitely in the team picture. Chicago team’s fired more coaches ...

See the best suburban news, feature and portrait photos of 2024 from Daily Herald staff photojournalists Brian Hill, Joe Lewnard, John Starks, Paul Valade and Rick West.

For decades, a homeless encampment in Elgin has occupied a stretch of land along the Fox River. In 2025, the area dubbed “Tent City” will be no more. On Dec. 18, the Elgin City Council ...

Multiple people - including a nine-year-old child - were injured when a taxi plowed into pedestrians in New York's iconic Herald Square on Christmas Day. The yellow cab was traveling north on ...

More than two years after DuPagePads transformed a former hotel into an interim housing center for people experiencing homelessness, the demand for rooms this winter has been extraordinary.

Daily Herald photojournalists and FAA licensed drone pilots Brian Hill, Joe Lewnard, John Starks and Paul Valade share some of their favorite photos taken from the air in 2024. Drone photography ...

Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect Jan. 1. Among them are measures that will raise the minimum wage, cap the cost of epinephrine injectors and make canceling gym memberships easier.