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The Batavia United Methodist Church, right, wants to demolish the store building, left, that it owns. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

Batavia church seeks OK to raze former furniture store

Batavia United Methodist Church wants to tear down the former furniture store it owns next door.

Sophia Youssef is one of two returning starters at Benet, the No. 1 team in the Daily Herald’s preseason girls volleyball Top 20.

Daily Herald girls volleyball Top 20

Benet, Libertyville and Barrington are the top three teams in the Daily Herald’s preseason girls volleyball Top 20.

Kalyn Brookbank returns for a Barrinton team hoping to repeat last year’s MSL championship. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Daily Herald girls volleyball season preview

Barrington Coach: Michelle Mayer (13th season) Last season’s record: 25-13, 9-1; regional champions, MSL champions Top returners: Eve Adler, 5-10, sr. RS...

Recently-retired Palatine Township Elementary District 15 English teacher Dana Foley already was the steward of Little Free Library branches in Arlington Heights, but she’s now opened a much larger place to house literary works: Scout’s Tales, an independent bookstore in the village’s downtown. (Dana Foley)

English teacher opens independent bookstore in downtown Arlington Heights

After 25 years teaching English to seventh and eighth graders, Dana Foley has opened Scout’s Tales, an independent bookstore in downtown Arlington Heights — the area’s first in two decades.

Referee Bill Orris flips a coin to start the 2026 football season with a game between Stevenson and Prospect on Friday in Lincolnshire. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

‘Edgy’ Tim O’Halloran: Which area prep football recruits will benefit from early-season video?

“Edgy” Tim O’Halloran: Now that the 2026 IHSA football season is fully underway, college coaches across the country now have an important recruiting tool at their disposal.

Under a proposal before the Vernon Hills village board, the Vernon Hills Senior Center would continue to use space at village hall, but be operated by the Vernon Hills Park District. (Mick Zawislak/Daily Herald)

‘In the right hands’: Oversight of Vernon Hills senior center shifting to park district

After more than 30 years, oversight and programming at the Vernon Hills Senior Center will be shifting away from the village.

Alberto Silva Santiago works to clear a fallen tree branch that struck a neighbor's SUV during a thunderstorm in the 1400 block of North Clark Street Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

We fall in love with Chicago every summer. This year’s weather has us wondering, are we on a break?

If you ask a Chicagoan what summer means, the answer might sound more like the testimony of a devoted cult member than a description of a season. Some call it a movement;...

Jarrett Payton gets the crowd pumped up at half-time, honoring his father Walter Payton, on Nov. 9, 2021. (Mark Welsh/Daily Herald)

The Score names Jarrett Payton to replace Mully as morning co-host at Chicago sports radio station

There’s a new but familiar name taking the wheel on morning drive at 104.3 The Score, WSCR, Chicago’s leading sports talk radio station.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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