When it came time for the reporters, photographers and editors in the Daily Herald's Lake County bureau to choose the county's top stories of 2008, only one subject was on every single ballot: The economy. Corporate layoffs, bankruptcies, municipal ...

Controversy and tragedy make news, so it's no surprise that the top regional stories of 2008 are issues and events that stir the emotions. Here are the stories that attracted the most attention and most affected suburban life in 2008. On Feb. 14, a ...

The snowy, snowy December that's fresh in everyone's mind was proceeded, you may recall, by record-threatening rain and widespread flooding just a couple months earlier. It was that type of year - a little bit of everything. There was the tragic: A ...

Rapidly melting snow due to unseasonably warm weather wrapped Kane County in thick fog on Saturday. And signs of flooding in Campton Hills prompted village officials to organize a sandbagging operation that's been full swing throughout the morning. ...

The Rev. Raphael Orozco was a priest in the Archdiocese of Chicago, but to Spanish-speaking residents of the Northwest suburbs, he was a missionary. Fr. Orozco passed away Sunday, Dec. 21, of complications from kidney cancer. He was 85. In 1961, Fr...

The sale of a train line that will affect rail traffic levels throughout the Chicago region got the final green light from federal regulators Wednesday - but suburban opponents vow to keep fighting it. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board unanimous...

Singing carols, stringing popcorn, making footprints in the snow, Memories, Christmas memories, they're the sweetest ones I know. Cookies baking in the kitchen, cards and ribbons everywhere, Memories, Christmas memories, float like s...