Many years ago, stuck on a completely full, four-hour airplane trip with a very noisy toddler, I resorted to bribery. No more crying, little guy, and you can have a few M&Ms. Still quiet in a few more minutes? More M&Ms. (Sometimes works today for t...

From mock crash scenes on the high school football field to the classic "Blood on the Highway" films in driver ed class, teens these days get plenty of messages about the negative consequences of unsafe driving. But a program launched in Crystal Lak...

Arlington Heights • Alan R. Hodge, 29, and Danielle R. Barberini, 23, both of 1651 E. Thacker St., Apt. 1W, Des Plaines, were arrested around 12:15 a.m. Jan. 29 after officers stopped their car for traffic violations on the 300 block of East Algonqu...

To submit a listing, e-mail to clubs@dailyherald.com, or fax to Club News at (847) 427-1301. Listings must be received no later than two weeks prior to the event. Midwest Bassbusters: Midwest Bassbusters, a bass fishing club, is looking for new...

Geneva • Colleen M. Stanfa, 18, of 1263 Herrington Road, was cited for making an improper turn after an accident at Fargo Boulevard and Pioneer Court at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday. She was traveling east on Fargo and making a U-turn, and changed her mind, ca...

Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs Director L. Tammy Duckworth will be the special guest speaker at the Support4Vets meeting at 7 p.m. today at Forest View Education Center, 2121 S. Goebbert Road, Arlington Heights. The meeting is open to the ...

Melissa Bean, a two-term incumbent from Barrington, is being challenged by Randi Scheurer, a first-time candidate from Lindenhurst, for the Democratic nomination for Illinois' 8th Congressional District. Q. Why are you running for this office, whet...

Police were still searching Monday for whoever burglarized three Inverness homes in one night last week. Barrington-Inverness police are reminding residents to keep their doors locked after the string of burglaries. Police are unsure if they're conn...

A head-on collision Monday morning in Barrington Hills injured three people and forced police to shut down Route 62 in both directions. Police responded to a report of a roll over around 7:59 a.m. and found a green 2003 Jeep Wrangler on its side and...

Criminal defense lawyers usually don't like their clients to testify. Sometimes the accused crooks win out, though, and end up in the witness chair. Joey "The Clown" Lombardo and Frank "The Breeze" Calabrese tried to talk their way out of murders an...