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Crime | Wheeling man charged with shooting cop held without bond

A 43-year-old gunman whose Thursday afternoon standoff with police left one officer wounded and a Wheeling neighborhood barricaded for hours is being held in jail without bond.
WATCH THE VIDEO: Jason Benetti, the White Sox announcer, discusses an awareness campaign he leads for the Cerebral Palsy Foundation, helping to normalize conversations about people with disabilities, at DAILYHERALD.COM/VIDEOS.

News | How Sox broadcaster's Benetti's 'Awkward Moments' promotes understanding of disabilities

Chicago White Sox TV announcer Jason Benetti is sharing the "Awkward Moments" of his life as a person with cerebral palsy.
Filmmakers John Davies, left, and Brian Kallies say their new movie “Lincoln Is Crying” not only tells the story of felonious former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, it looks at Illinois’ history of corruption beginning after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Columns | Constable: Grifters, grafters, govs and Blago leave Lincoln crying

Filmmaker John Davies, who grew up in Wheaton, combines the fate of felonious former Gov. Rod Blagoevich and comedy in his new film, "Lincoln Is Crying." Using the fictional great-great-great-grandson of Abe Lincoln, the film uses humor to recap our state's long history of political corruption.
Mark Curran

Lake County | Curran seeks to clarify comment about 'wrong people' moving to Lake County

U.S. Senate candidate Mark Curran sought to clarify what he meant when he said "the wrong people moved in" to Lake County at a state Republican breakfast event. Curran said on his Facebook page that he was referring to Cook County transplants that have given Lake County the highest property taxes in the state.
Dancers walk in with candles during the Federation of Indian Associations 10th anniversary awards gala night and India’s 73rd Independence Day celebration at The Meadows Club in Rolling Meadows Friday.
News | Dignitaries join celebration of Indian foundation's 10th anniversary
Three local mayors, several state legislators, the Indian consul general in Chicago and U.S. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg were among the dignitaries who joined the Federation of Indian Associations Friday night for a combined celebration of its own 10th anniversary and India's 73rd Independence Day.
Norma Burns, left, an English Language Learner parent educator with Elgin Area School District U-46’s Family Welcome Center, works with Marissa Soto to get her daughter Mia enrolled in the district’s dual language program this school year, which started Wednesday. Mia is an incoming kindergartner.
News | U-46's welcome center helps new, immigrant families acclimate
Elgin Area School District U-46's Family Welcome Center, which helps newcomers and primarily immigrant families navigate the school system, is seeing increasing numbers of students and families needing its services.
Police take shooting suspect, Maurice Hill, into custody after an hourslong standoff with police, that wounded several police officers, in Philadelphia early Thursday. The standoff started Wednesday afternoon, as officers went to a home to serve a narcotics warrant in an operation “that went awry almost immediately,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said. (Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
News | Cops keep getting shot by people who can't have guns
The man who allegedly shot six police officers in Philadelphia before surrendering just after midnight, following a 7 1/2-hour standoff that ended when tear gas was fired into his home, has a very long rap sheet that makes it a felony for him to possess a firearm. That clearly didn't stop him. It is part of a pattern that underscores how difficult it is to curb the epidemic of gun violence, even when there is political will.
Rebecca Soderman of Lake Barrington was an 18-year-old Barrington High School student in March 2017 when she was killed in a one-car crash in Barrington Hills. The driver in the crash has been sentenced to 2½ years of probation.
McHenry County | Probation for driver in fatal 2017 Barrington Hills crash
A Rolling Meadows man charged in connection with a 2017 crash that killed a Barrington High School student has been sentenced to probation, court records show.
Columns | Grammar Moses: Have you ever dissected a headline?
Grammar Moses: Jim takes on headline construction
Columns | Facts Matter: Obama portrait unaffected as Trump portrait unveiled
A portrait of former President Barack Obama did not fall off the wall as a portrait of President Donald Trump was unveiled, Bob Oswald writes in his Facts Matter column.
Tony Award-winning actress Bernadette Peters headlines Aurora’s Paramount Theatre Saturday, Aug. 17.
Music | 5 things to do this weekend in the suburbs
Bernadette Peters performing Broadway show tunes at Aurora's Paramount Theatre and comedian Dave Coulier doing standup at Crystal Lake's Raue Center are just two of many fun options for the weekend.
Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton has pleaded not guilty to embezzlement charges, the Chicago Tribune is reporting.
Crime | Sen. Tom Cullerton pleads not guilty to federal embezzlement charges
Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton has pleaded not guilty to embezzlement charges.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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