State, county and village officials gathered at the Busse Woods dam near Elk Grove Village Wednesday morning to celebrate unprecedented government cooperation that's expected to bring flood relief to thousands. The occasion marked the start of a thr...

No running water at Wheeling condos Residents of the 210-unit Plum Creek Condominiums in Wheeling have been without running water since Friday, when a pump shaft broke in one of the building's wells. Portable toilets have been set up in the bui...

Got an earful of that racket overhead? O'Hare International Airport neighbors in Bensenville and neighboring communities have a name for what happens next. “It's called the Bensenville pause,” says the Rev. Catherine Balk, pastor of Faith Community...

Hoffman Estates man dies in Barrington Hills crash A Hoffman Estates man died in a one-vehicle crash in Barrington Hills on yesterday afternoon. Barrington Hills officers were called about a crash around 1:15 p.m. at Old Sutton Road north of Ro...

State Rep. Peter Breen says aborted fetuses shouldn't be donated for scientific research, an idea that comes after the release of controversial videos showing Planned Parenthood officials talking about the practice. The Lombard Republican filed legi...

O'Hare chief talks nighttime noise and diagonal runways Chicago's new Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans says it's not the suburbs versus Chicago when it comes to O'Hare noise or growth. In an interview with the Daily Herald yesterday, Evans di...

A personal injury attorney representing the family of Steven Nincic says the tragic tent collapse that killed the 35-year-old Wood Dale man was both "predictable and preventable." Louis Cairo said he intends to file suit on behalf of Nincic's family...

Wood Dale police say it will take time for authorities to determine why a large tent collapsed in a strong gust of wind Sunday, killing one and injuring 22 others at the city's Prairie Fest celebration. “We've done a full investigation in conjunctio...

1. A new Daily Herald feature asks interesting people in the suburbs the questions you may have wondered about. First up, a Carpentersville Ironman triathlete talks about the motivation, the training, and the bathroom breaks. 2. The real Matt Foley...