Chicago Daily Herald

The Barrington Hills man who erected a fence that blocks access to his neighbor's home said he's offered to help pay for a new driveway at a different spot as a means of settlement.

St. Charles Unit District 303 teachers met for a staff pep rally Friday that tugged at the heart as much as invigorated them for the new school year. Key on the mind of all district staff is going another full year without a student suicide.

"The worst I've ever seen." That's how animal lovers Vanessa Paz and Tracy Perrin described the condition of dozens of cats and other small animals discovered at a mobile home near Des Plaines where 56-year-old David Heim had lived. Heim was charged last month with 53 counts of animal cruelty.

A Lake County judge said Friday he did not believe it was necessary to have a judge from outside the county decide if a woman serving a 30-year prison sentence was tricked into admitting her role in the crime.

WINGS Executive Director Rebecca Darr is putting things mildly when she says it's been a long summer.

Two years ago, Elgin students didn't exactly dig into the red cabbage and pomegranate when it was served up at Highland Elementary School.

With the passing of Sept. 1, Cook County failed to make its formal deadline for mailing out second-installment tax bills for the 33rd straight year. The question is, when will the bills go out?

More than 211,000 fliers will descend on O'Hare International Airport today, as Labor Day travelers try to squeeze as much as possible out of the waning summer.

Downtown Huntley, prepare to be revitalized. The Huntley village board on Thursday put the finishing touches on a Downtown Revitalization Plan, signaling the 18-month process of developing the plan is nearly through.

The DuPage County Board is expected to vote on a $70 million capital improvement package at a special meeting Tuesday.

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.