DuPage County
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Firefighters battle blaze on balcony of Glendale Heights apartment buildingMay 03, 2026 4:05 pm - Firefighters from several departments battled a blaze Sunday morning that broke out on a third-story balcony and spread into the attic of a Glendale Heights apartment building.
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Former St. Charles alderman, champion of roadways posthumously awarded honorary street signMay 03, 2026 11:30 am - A visionary for roadways in St. Charles is being honored posthumously by the community he served for several decades.
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Fire leaves Bartlett home uninhabitableMay 03, 2026 7:48 am - Authorities are investigating the cause of that left a Bartlett home uninhabitable Saturday morning.
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Baseball: Wheaton North executes late for extra inning win over Wheaton Warrenville SouthMay 02, 2026 6:57 pm - The ability to put the bat on the ball is magnified in tight games. After squandering a pair of scoring opportunities in the sixth and seventh, Wheaton North (10-14, 4-7)...
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Girls soccer: Barrington, Naperville Central advance to Watson invite title gameMay 02, 2026 6:11 pm - Two days after its thrilling victory in penalties, Barrington celebrated yet another win in the same fashion Saturday morning in the semifinals of the Ed Watson Napervill...
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The Biz Week That Was: $5 gas, Bears seesaw, and long vacant strip mall razedMay 02, 2026 1:45 pm - Gas prices hit $5 across the suburbs; key inflation gauge jumps to highest level in 3 years A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest ...
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The biggest challenges Chicago area small businesses are facing this yearMay 02, 2026 12:45 pm - Chicago area small businesses are used to uncertainty and dealing with many challenges. This year is no exception.
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After HoursMay 02, 2026 12:29 pm - Send photos of business events to afterhours@dailyherald.com.
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‘Fear rippled through the community’: 50 years later, Columbo murders still haunt Elk GroveMay 02, 2026 11:45 am - On May 7, 1976, Elk Grove Village police Detective Raymond J. Rose stepped into a Brantwood Avenue home and encountered one of the most shocking crimes in suburban Cook County history. Frank Columbo, 52, his wife Mary, 50, and their 13-year-old son, Michael, were dead. Each had been shot, bludgeoned and stabbed. “It was so horrific and out of the ordinary,” Rose said.
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The case for conducting ergonomic risk assessments in the officeMay 02, 2026 10:47 am - The makeup of the American workforce is changing, and these changes have not made physical work any easier. Employees are older, obesity rates continue to climb, and across many industries employers find it difficult to hire workers with the same level of physical conditioning that may have been common a generation ago.