We will take the Federal Railroad Administration at its word that it wants to hear from us regarding how long we get stuck, repeatedly, at rail crossings in the suburbs. And so, it is our civic duty to tell them. We're not being facetious. Being con...

A 30-year-old Algonquin woman was killed in a crash near Lake Barrington late Tuesday night, according to the Lake County sheriff's office. Authorities said the woman was driving a 2004 Nissan Altima south on Kelsey Road just north of Flint Creek Ro...

A Lake Barrington man faces felony charges after Lake County sheriff's detectives found in his home more than 100 items stolen during vehicle break-ins across the area, authorities said Thursday. Hunter Grabowski, 24, of the 500 block of Beacon Driv...

A mass shooting at an Aurora factory, a heartbreaking conclusion to a case of a missing Crystal Lake boy, a 25-year sentence for a South Barrington cold case homicide; the release of a “Ripper Crew” killer and the deaths in the line of duty of Illin...

Bail was set at $3 million Thursday for an Algonquin eye doctor who authorities say stabbed his girlfriend to death in November in the woman's Schaumburg home. Anthony R. Prate, 55, who had optometry offices in Barrington and Lake Zurich, is charged...

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. Earlier, we sha...

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...