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Seared Scallops With Creamy Herb Sauce is so elegant, sumptuous and nourishing, it’s hard to believe how quickly and easily it comes together.

Nourish: Serve seared scallops on a creamy herb sauce for a quick, elegant meal

This meal of seared scallops over a velvety, green herb sauce is so elegant, sumptuous and nourishing, it’s hard to believe how quickly and easily it comes together.

A recently installed fishing dock is part of work associated with a comprehensive master plan underway at Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda.

‘So much time and work and imagination’: Improvements at Lake County’s largest forest preserve taking shape

Work to transform the core of Lake County’s largest forest preserve will accelerate with the pending completion of a net-zero maintenance facility, a key element in a nea...

Palatine police officer Shane Murray, right, receives the Lifesaving Award from police Chief William Nord at Monday's village council meeting.

Rookie Palatine police officer honored for saving man from drowning

Palatine police officer Shane Murray has only been on the force since August, but it hasn’t taken long for him to make an impression. Murray received his department’s Lif...

A chef’s knife, serrated knife, and paring knife are three essential tools for any chef, home or professional.

The 3 essential kitchen knives every cook needs

The number of styles and types of kitchen knives for home cooks to choose from is enough to make your head spin. In reality, most people can get away with just three: a chef’s knife, a paring knife and a serrated knife.

The yellow warbler is one of hundreds of bird species making their way along the Mississippi and Lake Michigan corridor for the spring migration.

Millions of birds soar above the suburbs as spring migration peaks

This week, millions of birds will fly through the night skies above the Chicago area as they travel from their winter homes down South to their summer breeding grounds in Canada and northern states like Wisconsin and Minnesota.

The Village Squire is celebrating 50 years in business in West Dundee.

50 years and counting for the Village Squire in West Dundee

A community fixture in West Dundee is marking a half century of hospitality at the corner of Washington and Second Street downtown this month. The Village Squire is celebrating its 50th anniversary of being “a good place to be since 1974.”

Prospect High School acting and speech teacher Jeremy Morton pauses in the school’s theater after class.

Perfect for the role: Prospect High School acting teacher aims to build students’ confidence

There is no such thing as too much drama in Jeremy Morton’s life. Morton plays many roles at Prospect High School and in Northwest Suburban High School District 214. He is the acting and speech teacher at Prospect, where he’s also been the school’s fine arts coordinator since 2006.