Despite earlier corporate assurances that the problem was being resolved, hundreds of Lake County residents awoke Thursday without reliably safe drinking water for the fifth consecutive day. The emergency reportedly has affected roughly 1,200 Aqua I...

A water outage in southern Lake County stretched into a fourth day Wednesday and forced a local water park to close. But as remediation efforts continued, the end appeared to be in sight for affected Aqua Illinois customers in Kildeer, Hawthorn Wood...

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...

Some residents of Hawthorn Woods and Kildeer and several unincorporated parts of Lake County continued to have problems with their tap water Tuesday. Some still didn't have any water at all. A precautionary boil order remains in place, meaning the a...

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...

Customers of a water utility serving parts of southern Lake County should boil tap water or use bottled water because of a system failure that began Sunday morning. Some customers remained without running water as of Monday evening. The boil advisor...

Fourth of July parades are a patriotic tradition in the suburbs. Here's where you can see one. Tuesday, July 4 Elgin's Fourth of July Parade: 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 4, in downtown Elgin. The parade, with the theme, “'90s Throwback,” starts at Slade an...

Submit your event listing at www.dailyherald.com/share; deadline is two weeks prior to event date or registration deadline. June 29 iPhone and iPad Help Sessions: 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 29, at Winnetka-Northfield Public Library, Northfield Br...

IMAGINE TAYLOR SWIFT, DRAKE AND BEYONCE suddenly combining summer tours for a one-off at a Chicago-area sports venue in two weeks. That pop cultural energy might equal what went on the day Secretariat came to Arlington Park. The date was Saturday, J...