Tuesday is Election Day for municipal and school board offices and local referendums. Here is a summary of our endorsements. Individual endorsement editorials can be found online with our Election 2015 coverage at dailyherald.com/election. Cook ...

Fish stories come in all shapes and (usually exaggerated) sizes. But no matter who's telling them, or where, one thing is certain: You just can't have a good fish story without a fish. There's no "Finding Nemo" without Nemo. There's no Moby Dick wi...

Elected officials from a number of Northwest suburban Cook County and northern DuPage County communities agree: they want to reduce noise from O'Hare International Airport. But instead of immediately taking their complaints to Chicago and Federal Av...

In the midst of zzzzz-inducing language like “travel demand models” in a wonky 27-page report on extending Route 53 into Lake County is an idea guaranteed to wake you up. “Indexing and congestion pricing of tolls are strategies recommended for the p...

Life as a dog can be a pretty good deal if you've got a nice home and some well-trained humans. You get to eat and sleep and get your belly rubbed, and every once in a while somebody takes you for a walk or maybe lets you chase a tennis ball or a sq...

NEW YORK - H.J. Heinz Co. is buying Northfield-based Kraft Foods, creating one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world with annual revenue of about $28 billion. The Kraft Heinz Co. will own Kraft, Heinz, Oscar Mayer, Ore-Ida and lar...

The Illinois House has approved a plan to rescue a program to help low-income families pay for day care and cover the salaries of court reporters throughout the suburbs. But the funding for those programs, which have run out of money or are in dange...

If you've opted for a spring break staycation this year - or your budget made the decision for you - you can still find plenty of places to keep the family entertained without venturing far from home. It may not be the exciting getaway you would hav...