In the coming weeks, the Aurora Police Department is set to join the ranks of local law-enforcement agencies carrying Tasers. Police Chief Gregory Thomas announced Friday 20 officers already have been trained on the devices. More training is schedul...

"Chug. Chug. Chug. Chug." Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Mike Andre repeated the word as he tilted his head back and feigned taking long swigs from a nearly empty bottle of vodka. Andre set the scene in his closing argument by reenacting the...

Authorities said a man found dead near train tracks in Barrington Thursday likely died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Barrington Deputy Police Chief Jerry Libit said Elgin Joliet & Eastern Railway maintenance workers found the body of a 60-year-...

Saturday is for kids at Stratford Square Stratford Square Mall will host its annual Children's Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The event will include free activities for kids such as games, face-painting, dress up trunk, petting zoo...

Reconstruction of the Bailey Road Bridge in Naperville is slated to begin Wednesday, weather permitting. At that time, the bridge will close to all traffic. The city anticipates the bridge will re-open in mid-August. During construction, detour rout...

I read with dismay the headline of the Saturday, April 26 edition of the Daily Herald: "CTA crash kills 2". This is what is wrong with journalism. At what point was the CTA involved? Did they play a part in the tragedy? No. It was a truck crash. ...

Hampshire senior boys track standout Quinn Walker isn't one to rest on his laurels. Walker brought home 2 state medals from last year's Class A state meet, finishing third in the 110 hurdles and eighth in the 300 hurdles. "I'm not really satisfied w...

Nine months after the deaths of Edward and Brenda Aiello of Wood Dale, their families were forced to relive their grief Tuesday as the trial began for the Gilberts man accused of driving drunk into their motorcycle. Harold G. Ulmer Jr., 63, was char...