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Superintendent David Larson addresses Glenbard North High School’s Class of 2025.

A ‘legend’: Superintendent reflects on 13 years leading Glenbard high schools

Superintendent David Larson’s 13-year tenure leading Glenbard High School District 87 is coming to a close.

After years of repairing and upgrading guitars as a sideline, Ed Snoble launched Penguin Guitar Company in April, making bespoke guitars in his South Elgin home.

Custom guitar maker in South Elgin brings musicians’ visions to life

After years of repairing and upgrading guitars as a sideline, Ed Snoble launched Penguin Guitar Company in April, making bespoke guitars in his South Elgin home.

Moderate intensity exercise, like a brisk walk, has proven beneficial in a recent study, but a co-author cautions benefits come from exercise as a lifestyle change, not a temporary treatment.

Here’s why exercise is so important if you’re a cancer survivor

It may make sense that exercise is good for cancer survivors, but authors of a recent study were “gobsmacked” to discover just how good it is, saying that results rivaled some drugs used to treat cancer. Here’s how experts advise cancer patients apply this research in their own lives.

Darlene Benton sings “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during last year’s Juneteenth Festival in Woodstock. This year’s event will be Saturday, June 21, at the Center for the Arts in Woodstock.

Suburbs honor Juneteenth with celebrations, festivals

Juneteenth is celebrated every year on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Here are a few of the events planned to celebrate the day in the suburbs.

Mike Torti donated a kidney last October to help the son of former neighbors who he had not seen in more than 20 years in what is known as a paired exchange. The Woodridge man holds up a T-shirt friends gave him to commemorate his donation.

Suburban man donates his kidney to help former neighbor’s son

How many times in a person’s life does one have the chance to give someone else 20 more years of theirs? For Mike Torti, at least one. Last October, the Woodridge man donated a kidney so that the son of a former neighbor he hadn’t seen in 20 years could get the kidney he needed.

Elgin officials say pilot program to help homeless people is producing positive results

Elgin’s pilot program to help the former residents of the Tent City homeless encampment is producing positive results, program officials told the city council this week.

Alex Perez, from left, fellow Carpenters Local 58 Business Representative Matt Oclon, and Apprentice Justin Zara work to install a safety railing last December in Hoffman Estates. The project was funded by the inaugural Hope Fore Hoffman Golf Tournament.

Returning Hoffman Estates golf tournament aims to raise funds for residents in need

A second annual Hope Fore Hoffman Golf Tournament scheduled for Wednesday, July 23, aims to raise money for Hoffman Estates’ Self-Help Fund for residents in need.