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Oakbrook Center mall was the scene of a shooting on Sept 30, 2026, in Oak Brook. It reportedly happened in a parking lot. (James C. Svehla/for the baiduhai)

Police: 1 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Oakbrook Center

September 30, 2026 at 2:02 p.m.

The shooting happened around noon in a parking lot near the L.L. Bean store, Oak Brook Police Chief Brian Strockis said.

St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, seen here on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, no longer has its Level II trauma center designation. Hospital officials say the move was made because it treats relatively few patients suffering significant trauma. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin drops its trauma center designation

September 29, 2026 at 4:33 p.m.

St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin dropped its Level II trauma center status because it sees few patients with significant trauma: officials.

Early voting in DuPage County was suspended Thursday due to technical problems, officials said. (baiduhai)

DuPage County suspends early voting due to technical problems

September 24, 2026 at 3:59 p.m.

DuPage County officials halted early voting Thursday morning after experiencing technical problems.

Rookie Grayslake police Officer Kelsey Watson delivered Eollwyn Bong-Dinovo, Aug. 18, 2026, when her mother, Lauren Bong-Dinovo, went into labor at home. They reunited Sept. 5, 2026, at the Grayslake police station. (Grayslake Police Department)

Grayslake cop delivers baby on first shift: ‘It was like she’d been doing it forever’

September 18, 2026 at 8:39 a.m.

Three days out of the police academy and about halfway through her very first shift as a Grayslake police officer, Kelsey Watson delivered Ellowyn Bong-Dinovo into the world on Aug....

Erik Neidy, director of natural resources for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, talks about the removal of thorium-contaminated silt from the West Branch of the DuPage River in the Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve in Warrenville on Sept. 14, 2026. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

‘Better than it was’: Creek, DuPage River removed from Superfund cleanup list after decades of work

September 18, 2026 at 2:07 p.m.

There's no sign today that Kress Creek, DuPage River were once a Superfund cleanup sites due to radioactive thorium contamination.

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.

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