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Constable: Palatine grads turned smelly gym bags and a class project into a business

By Burt Constable
Sep 23, 2021 6:26 AM - A class project when they were seniors at Palatine High School has turned into a business for entrepeneurs Anthony Tamras and Drake Roberts. And it was inspired by the gym funk from their football and lacrosse days.
Watch as our journalists recount the emotions of working on 9/11

By John Starks
Sep 11, 2021 1:34 PM - 9/11 shocked the Daily Herald newsroom as it did the country. Watch as our journalists recount the emotions of working that day.
FDA gives full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE
Aug 23, 2021 1:05 PM - The vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech now carries the strongest endorsement from the Food and Drug Administration, which has never before had so much evidence to judge a shot's safety.
The Billionaire Playbook: How sports owners use their teams to avoid millions in taxes

By Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott and Ellis Simani
Jul 8, 2021 3:37 PM - The history of team ownership as a way to avoid taxes goes back almost a century. Bill Veeck, owner of the Cleveland Indians in the 1940s and later the Chicago White Sox, stated it plainly in his memoir: "Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes too?"
Tornado-damaged Skeleton Key Brewery gets help from friends, competitors

By Scott C. Morgan
Jun 24, 2021 4:00 AM - Offers to help Skeleton Key Brewery came pouring in after the Woodridge business sustained devastating damage from a tornado late Sunday night. In particular, members of the nonprofit Illinois Craft Brewing Guild stepped up.
Storm chasers, Darien police sergeant helped kennel owner rescue dogs after tornado

By Katlyn Smith
Jun 24, 2021 2:51 PM - Eleven dogs were rescued Sunday night from a boarding kennel in Woodridge after a tornado. It turns out storm chasers were tracking the tornado when they arrived at the scene and provided assistance.
Constable: Heart pump makes this Des Plaines man the superhero 'LVAD Dad'

Jun 19, 2021 6:40 PM - Diagnosed with congestive heart failure at age 22, Dantrell Brown, of Des Plaines, is a husband, dad and online superhero called "LVAD Dad."
Constable: Wheaton woman's cancer coloring book finds the humor in chemo

By Burt Constable
Jun 13, 2021 7:17 AM - Inspirational sentiments weren't helping Wheaton's Jeri Davis deal with her cancer treatment. So the 65-year-old wrote an irreverent coloring book that brings laughs to patients at Northwestern Medicine's LivingWell Cancer Resource Center in Geneva.
Constable: Post-pandemic event puts Gerry's Café back on course

Jun 8, 2021 7:39 AM - The pandemic shut down fundraising, but Gerry's Café hosted its inaugural golf event Monday to raise money and push the organization closer to opening a cafe staffed by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Constable: West Chicago man finds purpose by repurposing junk into functional art

By Burt Constable
May 27, 2021 6:19 AM - Old car parts, antique cans, plumbing fittings, and other discarded pieces from America's past find a home with Randy Meyers of West Chicago. He turns them into steampunk lamps and other pieces of functional art.

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