10 things you may have missed from the long weekend
10 things you may have missed this holiday weekend: Thousands mourn Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz. The small suburb of Fox Lake loses its sense of security. Are cheerleaders' skirts too short in...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Thousands mourn Lt. Gliniewicz; Burlington Central grad drowns
Fellow officers mourn Lt. Gliniewicz: "Rest easy, my friend." Burlington Central graduate drowns in Wisconsin. Three charged with mob action after wedding confrontation near Zion. Retired teacher can...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: United pays CEO $4.88M to leave; new $5,000 reward in cop's slaying
Dawn Patrol: United pays ousted CEO $4.88 million to leave; will O'Hare be affected? Lake Street remains closed while police investigate Bloomingdale crash; Hoffman Estates pledges $5,000 reward in Fox...
View ArticleTownships collect tax money to help needy, but most goes to salaries, overhead
Suburban townships are spending more tax dollars to administer charitable programs than they're spending on those in need, according to a Daily Herald analysis.
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Single gunshot wound killed officer; education secretary at Harper
"Devastating" gunshot wound killed Fox Lake Lt. Gliniewicz. Education Secretary Arne Duncan visits, praises Harper College in Palatine. Wife of Bartlett village attorney killed in crash. Priest who...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Police scold Lake County coroner; molten material spills in Gurnee
Gliniewicz death investigators to coroner: Stop talking. Motorcyclist injured in Volo crash. Molten material spill in Gurnee. Schaumburg store accused of refusing to copy anti-Planned Parenthood flier....
View ArticleSouth Elgin karaoke brawl lawsuit settled for $35,000
A woman who sued a now-shuttered South Elgin bar for injuries suffered in a karaoke night brawl in 2011 has settled her lawsuit for $35,000.
View Article10 stories you might have missed this weekend
Lakes Community High School senior dies of brain cancer. Selling cars replaces saving souls as man's calling. Barrington Hills polo event celebrates equine heritage. How the state budget impasse is...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Officer killed in wrong-way I-294 crash; Aurora man dies after...
Off-duty police officer killed in wrong-way crash on I-294 near Oak Brook. South Elgin bar brawl lawsuit settled. Aurora man dies after falling off ladder in Glendale Heights. Woman injured in I-90...
View ArticleMcHenry County deputy dies 11 months after Holiday Hills shooting
Dwight Maness, the McHenry County sheriff's deputy who was involved in the Holiday Hills shooting last October, died Monday. Maness, 47, was one of two deputies injured Oct. 16, 2014, along with Khalia...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: McHenry County deputy dies; school response to Desmond Clark
McHenry County deputy dies 11 months after Holiday Hills shooting. Verizon Wireless store robbed at gunpoint in St. Charles. Lisle man dies during Wisconsin fishing tournament. Construction crane...
View ArticleAutopsy: McHenry County deputy died from blood clot in lung
An autopsy for Dwight Maness, McHenry County sheriff's deputy, revealed that he died from a blood clot in the lung. He suffered cardiac arrest at a rehab session Monday, nearly 11 months after he and...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Prospect Hts. teachers on strike; Motorola HQ leaving Schaumburg
Motorola Solutions HQ leaving Schaumburg; will there be a strike in Prospect Heights Dist. 23? COD board to vote on voiding Breuder's contract and renaming building; Mt. Prospect hires Bensenville's...
View ArticleWhy some park districts want to dump lobby group
Several suburban park districts are reconsidering membership in the Illinois Association of Park Districts because of concerns over how the private group spends its money, most of which comes from...
View ArticlePublic services to be held Saturday for McHenry County deputy
Funeral arrangements have been made for McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Maness, who died Monday of a blood clot to the lungs. His death comes 11 months after he was shot while on duty.
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Prospect Heights schools still closed; services set for deputy
Dist. 23 strike closes schools today. Services to be held Saturday for McHenry County deputy. Single-family homes proposed for Lake Zurich waterfront. Business Ledger honors entrepreneurs. Aurora man...
View ArticleCourt overturns murder conviction in Johnsburg teen's disappearance
Saying evidence was "so lacking" and "so improbable," an appellate court on Thursday overturned the murder conviction against Mario Casciaro in the death of Brian Carrick, thus adding another chapter...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: COD board voids president's contract; Dist. 23 teachers to...
COD board voids Breuder's contract. No school again in District 23. Murder conviction overturned in Johnsburg case. Suspect in Barrington High threats remained jailed. Autospy today on body found along...
View ArticlePrices jump as heroin antidote use increases
High demand for opioid overdose reversal drugs is leading to price increases as the fight against heroin continues, experts say.
View ArticleImages: Dwight W. Maness funeral
Suburban law enforcement officials gathered to pay respect to Dwight W. Maness, 47. He was injured last year when he and another deputy were ambushed in Holiday Hills.
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