Today's e-Edition Today's Headlines Today's Events Today's Advertisers Today's Obituaries
The sports betting parlor at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines opened to the public in March of 2020.

Columns | Gamblers' sports betting losses generate $122 million for Illinois in two years

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic that shuttered casinos and newly minted sports wagering operations throughout Illinois in their infancy, betting on games, matches, tournaments and races has generated nearly $122 million for the state's coffers since March 2020.
Naperville 18-year-old Lucy Westlake is back home after becoming the youngest American woman to climb Mount Everest.

News | Back down to earth: Lucy Westlake returns from top of Everest to Naperville home, graduation

Naperville 18-year-old Lucy Westlake is happy to be back home -- even if it's just for a few days -- after becoming the youngest American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Umpires, left, call for calm while Chicago White Sox third base coach Joe McEwing (99), second from right, holds back White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson (7) during a game against the New York Yankees, Saturday May 21, 2022, in New York.

White Sox | 'Racist comment' ignites blowup between White Sox's Anderson, Yanks' Donaldson

During Saturday's White Sox-Yankees game in New York, Tim Anderson and Josh Donaldson got into it again. After the Sox's 7-5 loss, Anderson said Donaldson twice called him Jackie, in reference to Jackie Robinson. "He made a disrespectful comment," Anderson said.
Diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 3 was traumatic for Rylynn Peters and her family. But the Lindenhurst girl mainly remembers the food at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge.

Columns | Constable: Fast reaction to headache saves Lindenhurst girl's life

Not even getting a full day to recuperate from the physical and emotional strain of seeing their baby undergo a late-night surgery, James and Lisa Peters of Lindenhurst rushed back to Advocate Children's Hospital the next day for their 3-year-old's brain tumor.
Tyree J. Williams, Sr.
DuPage County | Truck driver charged with firing gun on I-294 near Hinsdale
A Kansas City man has been charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm after a truck was apparently struck by gunfire from another truck Wednesday night on northbound Interstate 294 just north of Ogden Avenue near Hinsdale.
Arborists trim trees and bushes away from ComEd power lines at routes 83 and 22 in Long Grove.
News | Suburban Skyview: Trained arborists trim vegetation to prevent potential power outages
In this week's Suburban Skyview column, trained arborists trim vegetation around power lines to prevent potential outages
Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations climbed back over 1,000 this week and are up 86.6% from one month ago, according to Illinois Department of Public Health records.
News | COVID-19 hospitalizations up nearly 87% from one month ago, back over 1,000
COVID-19 hospitalizations are up 16.6% from last week in Illinois, with the highest number of COVID-19 patients in ICU beds since March 9.
A vacant 100,000-square-foot big box store, last home to Bif Furniture, will soon be home to a different furniture store at Southpoint Shopping Center in Arlington Heights.
Business | Arlington Heights awards $1.3M in tax funds to bring At Home furniture store to Rand Road
Arlington Heights is awarding $1.3 million in tax increment financing district funds to bring an At Home furniture and home decor big box store to town, amid recent efforts to revitalize an aging shopping center along the Rand Road corridor.
DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin wants DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek to appear before the county board to discuss paperwork to collect marijuana sales tax revenue that never made it to the state department of revenue, but she is declining the invitation.
DuPage County | Tension mounts: Clerk declines to meet county board over lost paperwork, pot revenue
DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek has declined an invitation to meet with county board members Tuesday to answer their questions about how state revenue officials never received paperwork from her office authorizing a tax on recreational marijuana sales. That tax went uncollected for 18 months, costing the county up to $4 million in estimated revenue loss.
Infant formula is stacked on a table during a baby formula drive this month in Houston to help with the shortage. Social media users have posted misleading claims that the U.S. government is shipping formula to Ukraine.
News | Baby formula shortage not because of donation to Ukraine
In this week's Facts Matter columnn, Bob Oswald examines claims that the U.S. government shipped baby formula to Ukraine, COVID-19 is caused by snake venom, kids aren't allowed to read Bibles in school and more.
Church elders Colin Scott and Michael Penkava attend a Dec. 16, 2021, court hearing in Woodstock.
McHenry County | Jehovah's Witness elders who failed to report child abuse got bad advice, say attorneys
In 2006, a Crystal Lake man confessed to the leaders of his church that he was sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl. It was not that confession, however, that McHenry County Judge Mark Gerhardt considered when convicting the two church elders of violating the state's mandated reporter law.
Greg Doyen, the new owner of Scorched Earth Brewing, pours a pint Tuesday at the brewery at 203 Berg St. in Algonquin.
News | New Scorched Earth owner says local breweries' appeal now includes families
Scorched Earth Brewing is ready for summer. During the pandemic, Scorched Earth Brewing nearly doubled its space for customers by installing a large outdoor patio, and new owner Greg Doyen said the Algonquin-based taproom plans to put it to good use as the summer weather hits McHenry County.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Member Content
Latest News
Recommended for You
Member Content
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
More Suburban News Find your community
Contribute Share your stories,
events and photos
Share now
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 
Featured Videos

Choose a video to watch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Photo Galleries
St. Viator’s Emmi Scales celebrates as she wins the 100-meter hurdles during the Class 2A girls state track finals at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston Saturday.
IHSA class 2A and 3A girls track state finals
Round Lake High School seniors decorated their caps for Saturday’s graduation ceremony including Gaquoria Echols.
Round Lake, Fenton, Hampshire, Jacobs and Dundee-Crown graduation ceremonies
Graduate Tuba Azhar laughs with classmates before the Hoffman Estates High School graduation ceremony at Now Arena on Friday, May 20, 2022.
Hoffman Estates, Glenbard South and Lisle graduation ceremonies
Glenbrook South’s Abigail Milott competes in long jump during the Class 3A girls state track preliminaries at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston Friday.
IHSA class 2A and 3A girls state track preliminaries
Lake Park High School seniors enter at the start of their graduation ceremony at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates on Thursday, May 19.
Lake Park, St. Edward, Burlington Central and Glenbard West graduation ceremonies
Kaeden Rose Palmer celebrates with fellow graduates at the Hersey High School 2022 graduation ceremony on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in Arlington Heights.
Hersey, Buffalo Grove, Rolling Meadows, Elk Grove, Prospect, Wheeling and West Chicago graduation ceremonies
School Graduations More Galleries
Inside Daily Herald
Trending News
    Top Jobs
    Today's Obituaries