Family members, first responders and others with an emotional connection to the 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191 gathered at a memorial in Des Plaines Saturday to mark the 45th anniversary of the tragic loss of 273 lives.

A 45th anniversary remembrance ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, in memory of American Airlines Flight 191.

From plank roads to toll roads, and one-room school houses to flourishing universities, the suburbs and the Daily Herald have grown up since the newspaper's founding in 1872. Along the way, the region has made history with discoveries such as the to...

By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com On Wednesday's anniversary of the tragedy that killed their parents, siblings Melody Smith, Kim Jockl and Jim Borchers make their annual pilgrimage to the Flight 191 memorial wall in Lake Park in Des Plai...

The Des Plaines Park District is set to buy a church building nestled between two of its properties. The park district board will meet Monday to approve the $1.4 million purchase of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1177 Howard Ave. The 3.3-acre site o...

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There is a glint of joy when Kim Jockl recognizes someone she has only talked to on the phone before, but then it gives way to a sudden sadness that is always lingering around the surface on these days in late May. It's the 40th anniversary of the d...