Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/ en-us Tue, 14 May 2013 22:35:26 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149664/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149664/ Tue, 14 May 2013 21:23:58 -0400 Parking meters in downtown Aurora are history. Literally. The last remaining meter was symbolically removed and given to the Aurora Historical Society on Tuesday as the city transitioned to a free parking system. Signs designating areas allowing parking for 90 minutes or two, three, six or 10 hours have been posted throughout the streets surrounding Stolp Island, and residents now can adjust to... http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149724/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149724/ Tue, 14 May 2013 19:31:32 -0400 A high-speed car chase in Missouri that ended with a Des Plaines man shot to death by police began more than four hours earlier after the man first fled a traffic stop in southwestern Illinois, authorities say. Police said Missouri State troopers shot and killed Jose H. Garcia, 49, after he pointed a gun at them when he realized he was surrounded. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149847/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149847/ Tue, 14 May 2013 15:31:05 -0400 The remains of a New Jersey teen missing since 1972 have been identified, thanks to the machinery put into place to identify the remaining unidentified victims of John Wayne Gacy — although Gacy did not kill this teen. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149733/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149733/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:46:06 -0400 Laurel Kling, former president and 12-year member of the Burlington-based Central 301 school board, has filed a slander lawsuit against her supervisor in the Kane County Probation Department. Kling argues that Drug Court supervisor Carrie Thomas told coworkers Kling was "fired" from her post as school board president because Kling was an alcoholic. She seeks more than $50,000 damages and a jury... http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149716/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149716/ Tue, 14 May 2013 18:19:24 -0400 The new BP gas station, automated car wash and convenience store at the corner of Algonquin and Arlington Heights roads is now open.