Crime
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AR-15 style guns have brought in over $1 billion in 10 years
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Gun manufacturers have made more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the past decade, and for two companies those revenues have tripled ...
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Grand jury adds 110 criminal charges against Highland Park mass shooting suspectJul 27, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake County grand jury today indicted the 21-year-old Highwood man accused of carrying out a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade on 110 additional...
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Antioch police arrest teen in connection with string of vehicle burglariesJul 27, 2022 1:00 am - Antioch police have arrested a 15-year-old in connection with a string of at least 20 vehicle burglaries in recent months, officials said Wednesday. In each of the burgl...
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Former Algonquin high school substitute teacher pleads guilty to 'grooming' teen
Jul 27, 2022 1:00 am - A 26-year-old Lake in the Hills man was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to "grooming" a teenage student he met while working as a substitute teache...
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Daily Herald opinion: Police enforcement, visibility operation emphasizes dangers of speedingJul 27, 2022 1:00 am - This editorial is the consensus opinon of the Daily Herald Editorial Board Many years ago, in a newspaper column on "the real speed limit," the humorist Dave Barry ...
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Authorities: Pheasant Run fire caused by teens who broke into shuttered resortJul 27, 2022 1:00 am - Four youths are facing charges in connection with the fire in May that destroyed large parts of the shuttered Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles. The boys - a 17-year-ol...
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Man's 63-month prison term matches longest for Capitol riot
Jul 26, 2022 7:00 am - A man who attacked police officers with poles during the riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to more than five years in prison, matching the longest term o...
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GOP warms to far-right gubernatorial nominee in Pennsylvania
Jul 26, 2022 7:00 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Republicans are warming up to Doug Mastriano. When he crushed a nine-person field to win the GOP nomination for Pennsylvania governor in May, some...
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Griner's Russian trial considers medicinal use of cannabis
Jul 26, 2022 7:00 am - KHIMKI, Russia (AP) - The drug trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian court focused Tuesday on testimony that cannabis, while illegal in Russia, ...
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15 killed, 50 injured in anti-UN protests in Congo's east
Jul 26, 2022 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - At least 15 people were killed and dozens of others injured during two days of demonstrations in Congo's east against the United Nations mission i...