Chicago Daily Herald

Six days after a violent crash along the Reagan Tollway left her injured and trapped in a wrecked SUV, Beth Wallace was reunited with the young woman who came to her aid.

A Libertyville woman who was found not guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol in 2008 has filed a class-action lawsuit challenging Lake County's "no-refusal weekend" program.

Two Glendale Heights police officers who were investigated for their role in an off-duty shooting at their Wayne home have been cleared of any wrongdoing.

Buffalo Grove Trustee Lisa Stone is concerned about the size of the bill from the attorney hired as special counsel to the local electoral board hearing her challenge to the petition for her recall.

Filming of a movie based on some local urban mythology took over the Main Street Bridge over the Fox River in St. Charles Tuesday night.

More than $67 million in federal aid has been distributed to Illinois residents in seven counties who suffered property damage following flooding caused by heavy rains in late July and earlier this month.

Almost half a century ago, a little girl in southeast Missouri went missing. Today, her sister in Arlington Heights is amazed how the Internet has rocketed the case back into the spotlight.

George Ryan, the ex-Illinois governor sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for corruption, asked the judge who presided at his trial to throw out parts of his conviction on the basis of a Supreme Court decision this year.

Stephen Peterson admitted under oath that he stashed his infamous father's favorite guns, but the Oak Brook police officer denies that constitutes a violation of department policy.

Claiming no victory, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: "It's time to turn the page." Now, he said, the nation's most urgent priority is fixing its own sickly economy.

St. Charles officials have abandoned hope for securing federal money for its $30 million Red Gate Bridge project through U.S. Rep. Bill Foster's office.

Funding based on graduations rather than enrollment could be a good idea for Illinois state colleges and universities, members of a commission studying the issue agreed Tuesday.

Could Des Plaines be the center for awakening a new Christian revival? That's the vision of Des Plaines resident Jeff Bilotich and the Straightened Path Ministry that hopes to draw tens of thousands of believers to renew their faith during a two-week-long spiritual camp at Des Plaines' Historic Methodist Campground, Sept. 7 through 21.

Tod Curtis is looking to be reimbursed about $276,000 in legal fees he paid to defend himself against an eminent domain lawsuit filed by Mount Prospect village officials.

A 12-year-old Gurnee boy is being held by Lake County juvenile authorities in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 3-year-old hearing-impaired girl on a school bus.

"I loved the infantry because they were the underdogs. They were the mud, rain, frost and wind boys... and in the end they were the guys without whom the Battle could not have been won."

The study area spans more than 5 miles, but a mere 330 feet between traffic signals at Millburn and Grass Lake roads is at the epicenter of frustrating traffic jams on Route 45 in northern Lake County.

Cook County Commissioner Timothy Schneider believes he has seized the initiative to turn back a red-light-camera program with the legal finding that the county can't arbitrarily impose it on municipalities.

Did your middle school student not make the "A" team for volleyball? Park districts and recreation departments believe they have a response to Elgin Area School District U-46's decision to eliminate middle school "B" teams as part of budget cuts.

As he prepares to join the war in Afghanistan, Woodstock native Jeff Austin is clear about his mission, and his role with the U.S. Army Reserve.