Starts before Friday Kane County Fair: 3-11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, July 12-13; noon to midnight Friday and Saturday, July 14-15; and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 16, at the Kane County Fairgrounds, 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Grands...

As a large truck whizzed by on Schaumburg Road, Caroline Weaver raised her voice to a near-shout so she could be heard above the din. “35 mph? Sure he is,” the Streamwood resident said skeptically, referring to the posted speed limit. Weaver lives a...

Starts before Friday Lake in the Hills Rockin' Rotary Ribfest: 4:30-11 p.m. Thursday and Friday, July 6-7; 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 8; and 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 9, at Sunset Park, 5200 Miller Road, Lake in the Hills. Ann...

Tuesday, July 4 Barrington Fourth of July Festival: Tuesday, July 4, in downtown Barrington. Family Fitness Run at 7 a.m., parade from Barrington High School at 10 a.m., Chicago Brass Band Quintet performs at 11:30 a.m. at Barrington's Whit...

A Barrington man charged with possession and dissemination of child pornography was ordered held on $250,000 bail Friday and prohibited from using the internet or having contact with anyone younger than 18. If he posts 10% bond of that, 49-year-old ...

If all 353 suburban and downstate police departments were combined into one unit, there now would be more people collecting police pensions than sworn officers actually protecting and serving those towns. That's according to a Daily Herald analysis ...

By Dick Quagliano Daily Herald Correspondent Cook County All-Area Baseball Team Player School Year Pos. Jeremy Allen Hersey Jr. P Brendan Beals Barrington Sr. SS Nate Branch Palatine Sr. P/1B Ethan Dorka Hoffman Estates Sr. P Logan Gale Conant Jr...

A Lake Barrington man is facing felony charges of illegal possession and discharge of a gun after shooting himself in the leg because he dreamed someone was breaking into his home, police said. The man told police in April that while he was asleep ...

An Elgin man who authorities say caused a three-vehicle crash Saturday that killed two recent Schaumburg High School graduates was ordered held on $2 million bail Monday. Deni Rubio, 32, is charged with aggravated DUI resulting in death, reckless h...

An Elgin man has been charged in a three-car crash that killed two new Schaumburg High School graduates Saturday in Hoffman Estates. Deni Rubio, 32, of the 600 block of Linden Avenue, has been charged with two counts of aggravated DUI resulting in t...