Chicago Daily Herald

Village President Elliott said emphatically Tuesday he did not turn off Trustee Lisa Stone's microphone at Monday night's village board meeting. He threatened to, but did not do it.

With much yelling and even some boos, the Kane County Board voted Tuesday to shift residents to the private sector for Medicaid services, help with pregnancies and health care for foster children by the end of this year.

A Batavia city council committee gave residents hope Tuesday that chickens could be raised legally in backyards in town someday soon.

In a move not surprising to anyone following recent news from the Buffalo Grove village board, trustees voted to put the recall of Trustee Lisa Stone on the Nov. 2 ballot.

So where's the epicenter of the mosquito plague that's hit the region? Anecdotally, I'd say my back yard but it's likely everyone else who can't put a toe outside without getting bitten would disagree.

The names of three Illinois Republican leaders have been taken down from a website listing hosts of a conservative conference in Hoffman Estates this September, just days after announcement of the hosts garnered national attention

Stu Hoehne lived life the way he wanted. "He was just very proud to live the life he did," his daughter Nancy Rogers said. "He was so proud of Fox Lake and the fire department and his family. He was just such a proud man."

Numerous programs and as many as 68 teachers could be coming back to Cary Elementary District 26 one month from now if the school board accepts a donation of more than $4.3 million.

Roselle officials are praising a resident whose expertise as an electrician saved a neighbor's life during last month's floods.

If Republican John O'Neill manages to unseat incumbent state Rep. Jack Franks in the 63rd District, it won't be because of O'Neill's fundraising strength.

Once the emerald ash borer invades a tree, it's time to break out the chain saw. Or is it? An Atlanta-based company is working with several suburban towns in an effort to treat infected ashes with an insecticide that kills the larvae before they can dig tunnels into the tree's trunk.

The Elgin Community Crisis Center's second annual "Frock Swap" was a success, but officials at the domestic violence shelter are still trying to determine what effect Gov. Quinn's latest budget cuts will have on their organization, which is still owed more than $300,000 from the state from the past fiscal year.

Barrington attorney Richard Leng knows how difficult it is to wait for a jury verdict. "We used to call it 'laying your mattress,'" Leng said. "You'd walk around the office interminably ... because it's absolutely impossible to work."

There's no place like home. After an unsettling incident, home can mean sanctuary - a safe haven to which people return.

For years, Harshad Patel has cultivated two plots in the Des Plaines community garden, growing a variety of beans used in traditional Indian cooking.

Battling cancer is difficult enough without forcing patients to travel to multiple locations to get the services they need.

For the 10th time, a car has failed to navigate a curve along Route 72 in East Dundee and plowed into cars parked overnight at Dundee Automotive, owner Randy Klemm said.

Elvis will be all shook up next week when a life-size statue of the pop icon and seven wooden crates containing relics of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's tenure go on the auction block.

Lake County Forest Preserve District officials have set a deadline for saving a local house designed by a renowned architect.

A few dozen stamp collectors and baseball purists got a dose of living history Friday in Oak Brook.