TUE, 12/18/2018

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Weather Conditions 37° Today's Forecast
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Today's Forecast Today's e-Edition
e-Edition Paper
Today's e-Edition Today's Headlines Today's Events Today's Advertisers Today's Obituaries
In a landmark decision Tuesday, Illinois High School Association member schools Tuesday approved Proposal 23, which will eliminate football conferences statewide beginning with the 2021 season, in favor of a dew districting format.

News | IHSA eliminating football conferences starting in 2021

In a landmark decision, Illinois High School Association member schools Tuesday approved Proposal 23, which will eliminate football conferences statewide beginning with the 2021 season.
Penny Marshall directing the movie “Big.”

Columns | Gire on Penny Marshall: An unassuming, barrier-bashing director

When Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire interviewed Penny Marshall in 1988 while promoting her movie "Big," neither could know she would become one of Hollywood's premiere filmmakers and a smasher of gender barriers. Marshall died Monday at age 75 in Los Angeles.
Arlington Heights officials formally dedicated the new $27.9 million police station at 200 E. Sigwalt St. Monday night, following 20 months of construction and a Nov. 11 car crash into the lobby that slightly delayed the opening.

News | Arlington Heights unveils new police station, set to last 'generations'

Arlington Heights' new police station -- at least two decades in the making and slightly delayed by a Nov. 11 car crash into its lobby -- got its formal unveiling Monday ahead of its public opening in the coming weeks.
Aaron Lawlor

Lake County | Lawlor re-emerges after rehab stint and quitting politics

Former Republican Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor, who is under investigation for misspending on a county credit card, talks in a video about his struggles with addiction, his alienation from his political party and the need for more mental health funding .
Thomas Glasgow, an Arlington Heights trustee elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013 and 2017, announced Monday he is stepping down effective Jan. 1 due to increased commitments with his Schaumburg law firm.
News | Glasgow steps down from Arlington Heights board after 10 years
Arlington Heights Trustee Thomas Glasgow is stepping down from his elected post after a decade on the village board due to increased workload as a criminal defense attorney.
News | Authorities identify 82-year-old bicyclist killed in Prospect Heights crash
The bicyclist killed Monday afternoon along a bike path at Route 83 in Prospect Heights has been identified.
Adan Rodriguez
DuPage County | Man gets 29 years in prison for directing teen to send him nude photos
A Carol Stream man accused of directing a teenage girl to send him nude photos is headed to prison for 29 years.
Jose Martinez Gomez
DuPage County | Authorities: Man had almost $2.5 million in cocaine
Bail has been set at $2.5 million for a man accused of transporting cocaine, valued at that same amount, through Willowbrook.
Michael A. Martinez
Crime | Carpentersville man guilty of child sex assault
A Carpentersville man faces six to 30 years in prison, along with lifetime registration as a sex offender, after his conviction this week for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child between April 2014 and June 2014. Michael A. Martinez, 30, will be sentenced Feb. 22.
Cary police say this suspect is accused of entering a McDonald’s on Northwest Highway by climbing in the drive-through window early Monday and then robbing cash from the cash register.
Crime | Police: McDonald's robber climbs in drive-through window
A man accused of robbing a McDonald's restaurant in Cary made his entrance by climbing in the drive-through window, police said.
Birds in My Neighborhood, a program for second- through fifth-graders, needs adult instructors in Lake and McHenry counties.
Education | Bird observation program for kids expanding in Lake and McHenry counties
A program to connect young students with nature close to home is expanding in Lake and McHenry counties.
Richy Sandberg of Elk Grove Village won the grand prize in the Daily Herald's 2018 holiday lights contest for his display at 391 Walnut Lane. He was an Editor's Choice winner last year.
News | Holiday lights display a dream come true for Elk Grove Village man
Growing up, Richy Sandberg was in awe of some of the spectacular holiday lights displays that went up around his neighborhood. Now the Elk Grove Village man has his own jaw-dropping display -- and recognition as winner of the 2018 Daily Herald holiday lights contest.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Member Content
Latest News
Recommended for You
Member Content
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Latest Sales Flyers view all
More Suburban News Find your community
Contribute Share your stories,
events and photos
Share now
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 
Featured Videos

Choose a video to watch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Photo Galleries
Montini’s Mike McNicholas is thrown by Moline’s Cobie Underwood in a 285-pound bout during a three-way meet at Montini Catholic high School Thursday in Lombard.
Land on our best high school sports photos of the week
The Daily Herald archive, Assignment # 15,376, Bob Finch photo: One of the Medinah Clowns stops to greet a youngster during the Christmas Parade in Arlington Heights in December of 1969.
Through the Film Magnifier: Ernie Banks, Santa, Miss Universe, Fleetwood Mac, skateboarding and more.
Redheaded woodpecker in Lake County.
Suburban habitats: Readers' photos of local wildlife
The Oswego Area Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a ribbon cutting for Ed’s Urns, Plaques & Memorials, www.edsurns.com. Ed makes custom items in memory of family or pets and to celebrate special occasions in life.
After Hours, Dec. 2018
Prospect’s Abbey Danciu extends her arm to keep St. Charles East’s Victoria Kortan from getting a rebound Wednesday in Mount Prospect.
Reach for our best high school sports photos of the week
Joe the Guardian, the troll overlooking I-88 in Lisle, is lit up with colorful lights, part of the Illumination at the Morton Arboretum.
It's a colorful time in The Week in Pictures
School Graduations More Galleries
Inside Daily Herald
Trending News
    Top Jobs
    Today's Obituaries