Frankie Panoski, 18, of the 200 block of Oakwood Lane in Bloomingdale, was sentenced Friday to 180 days in DuPage County Jail and 30 months of probation. He pleaded guilty in September to two counts of burglary. Prosecutors said Panoski and his olde...

DuPage and northwest Cook County drivers used to coasting along the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway (I-390) for free might face some sticker-shock in 2016. That's when the highway nicknamed the IHOP Expressway because it now runs only between Itasca and Han...

Breaking news: Crash near Third Lake closes Route 45 Route 45 is closed near Dada Drive following a police chase and crash. Full story. Teachers charged with failing to report suspected sex abuse Three Lake County teachers are facing misd...

For more than two decades, Jeanne Otero enjoyed her Wood Dale home without the problem of jet noise from O'Hare International Airport. The situation for Otero — and thousands of other suburban residents — changed in October 2013, when the opening of...

Mundelein is poised to become the next town in the suburbs to feature streetlights with energy-efficient LED bulbs. The village board this week voted to seek proposals for a retrofit project that could be completed in late 2015 or 2016. An estimated...

Editor's note: This story appeared Nov. 27, 2005 in the Daily Herald. WASHINGTON - On the morning of Nov. 12, Army Maj. Ladda "Tammy"Duckworth lies half-awake in her bed. An IV pumps antibiotics into her right arm. Before the treatment is finished, ...

With residents in northeast DuPage sending a loud and clear message they want something done to reduce airplane noise from O'Hare International Airport, county board members are getting involved. The board's work will begin Wednesday evening with th...

Pensions, schmensions. Readers of this column want to know what Illinois' next governor thinks about roads, transit and airports, issues sadly lacking in this fall's knock-down-drag-out election battle between Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican ...