‘Life-threatening' cold expected today The second half of a brutal one-two punch of winter weather lands Monday morning as dangerously cold conditions that experts describe as “life-threatening” grip the suburbs. The high temperature is predict...

The Carpentersville Fire Department, a local church and a charity have united to support a family of five who lost everything they own in a New Year’s Eve house fire. The Herrera family had been vacationing in Mexico at the time of the blaze and ret...

Since a snowstorm sacked the suburbs on New Year's Eve, Jack Clifton has lived at work — surviving on Diet Pepsi, coffee and power naps he takes on a cot in his office. That's just how it goes for Clifton, Carpentersville's streets superintendent w...

Algonquin leaders need you to be the eyes in the back of their heads when it comes to keeping the village’s fire hydrants safe and visible for firefighters. The village launched its Adopt-A-Hydrant program earlier this week, which calls on residents...

Editor's note: This story originally ran on Dec. 5, 2001 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. In the snapshot, 1-year-old Keith Lane peers over the top of a small shopping bag at the camera. An...

Editor's note: This story originally ran on Oct. 26, 2003 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. When in the full grip of drug addiction, Daniel R. Elderkin would run around, sometimes with knives,...

Editor's note: This story originally ran on Dec. 2, 2001 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. Do you know anyone "nodding" or "rolling?" One and two generations ago, teens and young adults who exp...

For nearly 20 years, Bill Zelsdorf has been the face of the Dundee Township Visitor’s Center, also known as The Depot. His passion lies in planning events that attract people to downtown East Dundee, which is in the midst of a renaissance. Zelsdorf,...

New Trier’s girls basketball features a lot of scoring weapons. That’s one of the reasons the top-seeded Trevians came in to the Dundee-Crown Charger Classic undefeated. Coach Teri Rodgers’ squad retained that perfect mark, going 4-0 with a 54-35 vi...

The end result may not have been what the Burlington Central girls basketball team was shooting for, but the overall mission was most definitely accomplished. Playing in the Charger Classic Christmas Tournament at Dundee-Crown for the first time, th...