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A Buffalo Grove widower's cry: Just Let Me Talk
By Dennis F. Depcik
Apr 20, 2018 10:20 AM - In the fourth installment of the Last Kiss series on coping with the death of a spouse, widower Dennis Depcik provides a first-person account: "I know I've been guilty of this myself, but it doesn't stop me from feeling the way I do, it doesn't stop me from feeling abandoned when someone doesn't ask me how I'm doing."
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.
She calmly landed the Southwest flight and broke barriers as a fighter pilot
Samantha Schmidt
Apr 18, 2018 10:29 AM - In the midst of the chaos, Tammie Jo Shults successfully completed an emergency landing of Southwest Flight 1380, sparing the lives of 148 people and averting a far worse catastrophe. Not surprising for someone who was among the first female fighter pilots for the U.S. Navy.
'Sheer panic' grips Southwest plane in first fatal U.S. flight since 2009
By Susan Warren
Apr 18, 2018 8:35 AM - When the plane engine blew up and the oxygen masks rained down, only one thought dominated Marty Martinez's mind: sending a goodbye message to his parents.
'Find the joy.' The day Barbara Bush wowed Wellesley's feminist protesters with a graduation speech
By Steve Hendrix
Apr 18, 2018 6:30 AM - No president's wife in a scholar's robe ever sparked as much attention as Barbara Bush's appearance before Wellesley's Class of 1990.
Last Kiss: A barber, his widow and their life of passions
By John Lampinen
Apr 20, 2018 10:19 AM - The second Last Kiss installment of the story of Patty & Corey Hindes, the Arlington Heights barber killed in a motorcycle crash 19 month ago: "Their love story was torrid and wholehearted. He found in her acceptance, a beautiful and smart woman who shared his sense of humor and sentimentality. She found in him thrills and confidence, someone who could break her out of her misgivings and uncertainty."

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