East Dundee's new police chief, James Kruger, has been named Chief of the Year by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police. Kruger will be recognized April 29 during the association's annual conference. The 40-year law enforcement veteran was na...

This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Chairs lined either side of the hallway outside Room 137 at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, while inside t...

Standing at the dead end of a private road just west of the new Longmeadow Parkway bridge over Route 31 is the convergence of all the love and hate for the decadeslong effort to create a new Fox River crossing in northern Kane County. The private ro...

Carpentersville police took the plunge to raise money for Special Olympics athletes in Illinois. On Saturday, the police department's Polar Plunge drew about 25 plungers, including Chief Patrick Hoey, Village President John Skillman and Trustee Humb...

A former Belvidere man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the 2004 gang-related slaying of a Carpentersville man, the Kane County state's attorney's office announced Monday. Last July, a Kane County jury convicted Jesus Lechuga, 38, of mu...

The Dundee Township Historical Museum will open for the new season at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 13. There is no scheduled program but the new exhibits are a program in themselves. Docents will be on hand to tell visitors about the windows of Dundee's wo...

This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: The unlikely headquarters of an enduring weekly source of fresh food, household supplies and hope for as many as 200 fam...

Under penalty of a beating or death, Erik Eck pledged at age 13 to adhere to the Latin Kings' first rule: "Once a King, always a King." Tattoos that bedeck his entire body express his fealty forever to one of the largest gangs in the U.S. Now 36, th...