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Gingrich, Dean talk bipartisan cooperation at Judson forum
By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Apr 19, 2018 6:59 PM - Two former presidential candidates at opposite ends of the American political spectrum urged seeing the other side as human rather than the enemy Thursday during Judson University's seventh annual World Leaders Forum.
Constable: Poet from Rolling Meadows making waves

Apr 19, 2018 12:11 PM - Even as a Rolling Meadows teenager writing poems at Fremd High School in the 1990s, Faisal Mohyuddin took on subjects far beyond his suburban world. Now, the teacher and poet is compiling prestigious awards and has a book-signing Sunday for his first collection, "The Displaced Children of Displaced Children."
Black men arrested at Starbucks tell their story
Rachel Siegel
Apr 19, 2018 8:53 AM - One week after they were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks, the two black men seen in a cellphone video viewed more than 11 million times went on Good Morning America on Thursday to describe how arriving 10 minutes early to a business meeting put them in handcuffs.
Why rare Action Comics nameplate was on display in Mount Prospect
By Christopher Placek
Apr 19, 2018 6:04 AM - A prototype of a comic book nameplate known the world over -- which had to be created before Superman could be -- was on display for awestruck suburban superhero devotees Wednesday in Mount Prospect.
Embracing a widower's grief: I reread her letters, I played her favorite songs
By Dennis F. Depcik
Apr 19, 2018 8:23 AM - In his first-person account of coping with the death of his wife, Dennis Depcik of Buffalo Grove says: It's easy to run away from grief, but to stop hurting, I needed to embrace it.
Bigger water park, ropes course among new features at Great Wolf Lodge in Gurnee
By Doug T. Graham
Apr 19, 2018 6:09 AM - This summer the halls of Great Wolf Lodge in Gurnee will be bustling with families there to shop, play, eat and water slide. But on Wednesday the halls were filled with construction workers putting the finishing touches on the extensive, expensive renovation.
Jeb Bush remembers his mom: 'She would never stop teaching'
By Katlyn Smith
Apr 18, 2018 9:43 PM - Jeb Bush shared memories of his mother Wednesday, speaking to a crowd of roughly 1,000 in Oak Brook. "If she was here, she'd say, 'Thank God, you made it,' because she would be very upset if I stayed at home," he said.
Attorney: Better X-rays exonerate day care worker convicted of killing toddler
By Harry Hitzeman and Lee Filas
Apr 18, 2018 8:02 PM - Attorneys for a former day care worker convicted of murdering a 16-month-old in 2009 told an appeals court Wednesday that key X-ray evidence provided by prosecutors was unreadable, was not examined by defense experts and ultimately prevented their client from receiving a fair trial. "This is a game changer," said Kathleen Zellner, an attorney for Melissa Calusinski.
World Armwrestling League opens Supermatch series in Rosemont
Special to the Daily Herald
Apr 18, 2018 5:21 PM - In this Q&A with the Daily Herald, founder and World Armwrestling League president Steve Kaplan talks about the growing sport, its draw and its future as the WAL brings its Supermatch Showdown Series to Rosemont on Thursday (7 p.m. at Joe's Live) with 12 top "pullers" competing in six matches.
Gen-X Summer tour bringing Buckcherry, P.O.D., Lit, Alien Ant Farm to Naperville
By Marie Wilson
Apr 18, 2018 11:39 AM - A tour meant to "remind us that rock never died" is set to stop in Naperville as part of the Jaycees' annual Last Fling festival.

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