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About 50 investigators from suburban law enforcement agencies met recently to share intelligence about criminal organizations targeting video gambling machines during smash-and-grab burglaries. (Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Why suburban police are teaming up to fight video gambling smash-and-grabs

September 11, 2026 at 4:45 p.m.

Amid a rash of smash-and-grab burglaries targeting video gambling machines suburban law enforcement agencies are teaming up to fight back.

Kane County State's Attorney Jamie Mosser talks Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026 in Geneva about a $1 million federal grant the county will use to fight against online predators and human traffickers. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald)

How Kane prosecutor hopes to close online predator tech gap

September 8, 2026 at 10:51 a.m.

The Kane County state's attorney's office received $1 million in federal money to upgrade its technology and case management system.

Kane County Forest Preserve District landscape architect Zach Tegge attempts to reach the Rutland Bog in Hampshire on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. The forest preserve district plans to make improvements at Rutland Forest Preserve and Rutland Bog, including a new public access drive, parking area, shelter, restroom, trailhead, accessible trail connections and a fishing pier. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

‘Unlike anything else’: Kane forest district to make rare bog more accessible to visitors

September 4, 2026 at 7:35 p.m.

The Forest Preserve District of Kane County wants to spend $1.6 million to make the Rutland Bog more accessible to visitors.

This photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Office shows some of the nearly $650,000 in stolen Nike merchandise recovered in Des Plaines last week by the sheriff's Organized Retail Crime Unit. (Cook County Sheriff's Office)

How $650,000 in stolen Nike shoes ended up in Des Plaines

September 4, 2026 at 8:40 a.m.

How did a truckload of Nike shoes en route to Dallas, before being boosted in Memphis, Tennessee, end up in Des Plaines?

A woman who identified herself as Jenna, who said she and her minor daughter visited chiropractor Dr. David Hanson, speaks after attending Hanson’s hearing on Spet. 3, 2026, at the Kane County Judicial Center. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

‘Trust was horribly violated’: Victims speak out after chiropractor admits to recording patients

September 3, 2026 at 6:38 p.m.

A Batavia chiropractor accused of secretly recording at least 180 nude or partially clothed patients, including children, pleaded guilty Thursday to child sexual abuse material crimes.

Dan and Jody Bovey, shown on Dec. 9, 2023, are in a battle with the city of West Chicago over their construction of a large geodesic dome greenhouse in their yard. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Settlement in West Chicago mayor’s greenhouse dispute hinges on nondisparagement clause

August 27, 2026 at 6:44 p.m.

West Chicago Mayor Daniel Bovey could resolve his yearslong legal battle with the city over a greenhouse he built in his backyard — if both sides can agree on what...

DuPage County Recorder Liz Chaplin carefully turns a page Friday during a "Welcome Home" celebration for the return of historic Plat Book 2 at the DuPage County recorder's office in Wheaton. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

‘Much more than old books on a shelf’: DuPage recorder celebrates return of long-lost land records book

August 24, 2026 at 12:26 p.m.

Plat Book 2, containing land records from 1868 to 1873 and missing for years, has been returned to the DuPage recorder's office.

Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain, left, was reportedly hospitalized in April and hasn't returned to his job since. State's Attorney Jamie Mosser, at right, has declined to explain the reason for his absence. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

Kane County sheriff remains away from work, and no one is saying why

August 14, 2026 at 11:41 a.m.

Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain was reportedly hospitalized in April and hasn't been seen since. No one is explaining his absence.

Amazon has received permission to build a combination store and delivery center, shown in an artist's rendering, in Oak Brook. The Oak Brook Village Board voted 4-0, Aug. 11, 2026, to rezone land from office use to retail, to consolidate seven parcels into one, and to allow the construction of a 225,000-square-foot building on the 27-acre site. (Village of Oak Brook)

Oak Brook OKs Amazon store project

August 12, 2026 at 3:08 p.m.

Amazon has received permission to build a combination store and delivery center in Oak Brook.

Milan Melchor, 2, of Warrenville, stretches to reach a pump handle in of the new play area in the Children's Garden at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

Sing, read, relax: New Morton Arboretum features encourage kids to play

August 13, 2026 at 12:21 p.m.

Morton Arboretum's Children’s Garden in Lisle now features activities tied to a national early childhood development program.

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