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14 hours ago | dailyherald.com | Mohammad Samra |Brett Chase

Part of the Chicago skyline is seen from East Solidarity Drive near the Adler Planetarium in the South Loop, Thursday, June 5, 2025. Justin Myers/Sun-Times Chicago’s air quality was among the worst in the world after Canadian wildfire smoke drifted south to create unsafe conditions for seniors, young children and people with respiratory illnesses. The poor air quality is due to Canadian wildfire smoke in the region which prompted an air quality alert for the Chicago area Thursday.

20 hours ago | dailyherald.com | Steve Zalusky

Mount Prospect Mayor Paul Hoefert, left, presents Alan Cervenka of the village's Special Events Commission with a proclamation honoring Pride Month at Tuesday’s village board meeting. Courtesy of Kylie Cerk, Village of Mount Prospect The Mount Prospect village board honored Pride Month with a proclamation this week. But some residents want the village to go further by flying a Pride flag.

20 hours ago | dailyherald.com | Susan Sarkauskas

Kyle Blits A man is charged with murdering a man in West Dundee by beating him. Kyle Blits, 34, is accused of killing Thomas Hanetho, 65, of Hampshire. The incident happened on April 22, according to an April 23 press release from West Dundee police. Hanetho died of his injuries on May 1 at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

20 hours ago | dailyherald.com | Daniel Grant

Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index fell below growth neutral in May for the 20th time in the past 21 months. Catrina Rawson/FarmWeek Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index shows economic conditions are certainly tightening across America’s Heartland. But the downturn so far has not reached anywhere near what was experienced during the infamous 1980s farm crisis, according to Ernie Goss, chair in regional economics at Creighton’s Heider College of Business.

1 day ago | dailyherald.com | Annabelle Timsit

An image provided by Nicole Gauthier shows a colonization of Fusarium head blight, a costly fungal disease, growing on field-grown hemp in Kentucky. AP/Sept. 29, 2020 Two Chinese nationals have been charged with conspiracy and smuggling after attempting to bring a toxic fungus that is a “dangerous biological pathogen” into the United States, the Justice Department said.