Palatine Township Elementary District 15 will try to grab a slice of $44 million in state grants available for school building projects. District 15 board members this week voted to apply for a $50,000 award from the state's school maintenance proje...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 25-story West Los Angeles apartment tower that caught fire, forcing firefighters to pluck stranded people from the rooftop and a ledge, had no sprinklers even though the same building burned seven years ago, authorities said. Fl...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Firefighters made a dramatic ladder rescue of a man about to jump from a burning Los Angeles apartment building on Wednesday and helicopters plucked people from the roof of the 25-story high-rise as other terrified residents fled ...

She's only 4 months old, but Scarlett Soeder was the star of the show at Monday night's Barrington village board meeting. It was just two months ago that Barrington firefighters and police rushed to Scarlett's home when her mother, Claudia Del Fiacc...

Every year around this time, we reach out to Northwest suburban mayors and village presidents and ask them to tell us something their community accomplished in the year gone by and something they hope to accomplish in the year ahead. Today, we share...

The Daily Herald asked Lake County mayors and village presidents to look back on 2019 and identify their community's greatest accomplishment. Here's what they said ... Larry Hanson, Antioch Economic development and reducing the tax burden on the vil...

We said goodbye to several notable Lake County residents in 2019. They left indelible marks on their communities through impressive accomplishments and dedicated public service. The list includes local officials, and community, religious and busines...

With a state-mandated retirement age looming, longtime Barrington Fire Chief Jim Arie will exit early next year under an agreement that was approved by the village board Monday night. Under the deal, Arie's retirement will be effective March 6. The ...

Seriously ill children from across the suburbs will find added excitement while they ride a special Metra train during Operation North Pole next month. In a first-time effort, organizers want people to pack downtown Barrington's Metra station platfo...