CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - NASCAR's newest winner arrived home in North Carolina to coolers filled by Dale Earnhardt Jr. with ice cold beer. He partied until 4 a.m. and finally went to sleep after Dale, Ricky, Danica, Bubba and all the rest went home. B...

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) - Ryan Blaney was stationed in victory lane with a headset on as a guest pit reporter just the day before at Pocono Raceway. But to get there again, on his own in the No. 21 Ford, he'd have to zip past a pair of hardened NASCAR c...

Does your organization have an upcoming event? Tell us - and our web readers - all about it at dailyherald.com/calendar. Today Mary Macaroni performs as part of the Children's Lunch Hour Entertainment series from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Ju...

Gov. Bruce Rauner, Romeoville Mayor John Noak and others who helped lure Amazon to Illinois, gathered Thursday to get a look inside the e-commerce giant's new fulfillment center in Romeoville. The Romeoville facility is one of nine that will employ ...

Darrell Wallace Jr. used to steel himself against racial insults spewed at him in the lower levels of racing and he survived sponsorship woes that slowed his advancement through NASCAR. Wallace persevered in a sport that seemed long reserved for whi...

A third overnight runway rotation test will go live midsummer at O'Hare International Airport despite objections from some suburbs worried about sleepless nights. O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission members voted Friday 30-4 in favor of the rotati...

Mitsubishi subsidiary MC Machinery Systems has opened its world headquarters in Elk Grove Village, prominently positioning its machine tool showroom and main offices on Interstate 90 near O'Hare International Airport. The company - which boasts cus...

Memorial Day Festivals Addison Memorial Day Events: 8 to 11 a.m. Monday, May 29, at Addison Village Hall, 1 Friendship Plaza, Addison. Knights of Columbus pancake breakfast at Indian Trail Junior High School from 8 to 10 a.m. Veterans Resource Fair ...

The president of Itasca-based Jewel-Osco Doug Cygan doesn't like ties. He won't wear them. Too stuffy. "They don't send the right message," the Wadsworth resident said. Cygan, 54, believes in the message of keeping his company a grocery chain for...