We recently asked DuPage County mayors what project or challenge they most look forward to in 2018. Here's what they said ... Bensenville Village President Frank DeSimone We continue to work on several projects designed to improve services for our...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the central U.S. as 2018 began Monday, breaking century-old records, icing over some New Year's celebrations and leading to at least two deaths attributed to exposure to the elements. The National ...

Daily Herald report We recently asked DuPage County mayors to name their town's greatest accomplishment in 2017 and why it was important. Here's what they had to say ... Bensenville Village President Frank DeSimone Our proudest accomplishment thi...

Kevin Boyd was in his mid-20s when he first grasped what it meant to be serving life without parole. It happened when a couple of longtime inmates who'd mentored him died of old age in prison and he watched them carted off on gurneys. He couldn't he...

POLICE: SUSPECT WEARING "TRUST ME" T-SHIRT STEALS CAR FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - A suspect wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with "Trust Me" allegedly stole a car with an accomplice in Fairfax County, Virginia. The Washington Post reports...

The Fox Valley had a wide range of dramatic court trials and tragic, senseless and even silly crimes in 2017. Here's a sample of some of the notable - and notorious - cases from the past year. St. Charles twins killed by father St. Charles East High...

There is a sadness and an emptiness in looking back on some of those we lost over the past year. The world, after all, is surely a lesser place without them. But there is a sense of hope, too, as we reflect on all the good so many of these people di...

The Northwest suburbs lost several valuable and long-serving contributors to their respective communities during 2017, not least of whom was Bartlett Village Trustee T.L. Arends, 69. Arends died April 11 after a long-fought battle with illness. A ca...