The Daily Herald Editorial Board Bus balance Is it a good trade-off to walk farther to a school bus stop in exchange for pickup being pushed five to eight minutes later? Barrington Unit District 220 administrators think so, but it might be wor...

Des Plaines man will be charged after standoff A Des Plaines man will face gun charges after creating a standoff with police that began yesterday morning and was resolved peacefully around 6 p.m., police said. The neighborhood, on the 1000 block of ...

Attorney says Schaumburg mom's health deteriorating in prison A Schaumburg woman sentenced to four years in prison for the 2015 death of her severely disabled daughter has been transferred to a prison in central Illinois, where she is not housed in ...

A Lake Forest business is at the root of what federal officials say was a Ponzi-like scheme that duped professional athletes out of millions of dollars. Headquartered on the second floor of the Forest Square mall at 840 S. Waukegan Road, The Ticket ...

U.S. flags, lowered last week in honor of the 49 Orlando shooting victims, were at half-staff for 74 days in 2015 — 15 of them to remember and honor victims of mass shootings. The lowering of flags for the Orlando victims, which ended at sunset Thur...

Focusing on treatment instead of criminal punishment, Lake County police departments and health agencies are teaming to help drug addicts and alcoholics get and stay sober in a new program that may be unprecedented in its size and reach. Called "A W...

Fifth-grader Quinlan Bobeczko didn't fumble around for a meal card, a smartphone app or cash when it came time to pay for his lunch at Harrison Street Elementary School. Like the other children at the Geneva school, Quinlan stepped up to a cashier a...

A private music tutor has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving a 15-year-old student, Lake Forest police said Friday. According to police, a Lake Forest police officer on patrol the evening of Feb. 29, observed Patrick R. Jen...