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Updated 3/17/2021 11:23 AM Days after her 9-year-old son was injured by classmates at Forest Elementary School in Des Plaines, a local woman led an anti-bullying protest at the campus Tuesday morning. Amber Johnson said bullying is an ongoing problem at the school. The violence that left her son injured during recess Friday is just the latest example, she said.   "Im absolutely furious," Johnson said. "We want change." About 30 parents and students participated in Tuesdays demonstration on a c...

The U.S. Air Force is rewriting its war plan for the Pacific. Heres What You Need to Know: A shortage of F-22 stealth fighters has helped to drive a new approach to aerial warfare. The U.S. Air Force is rewriting its war plan for the Pacific, the flying branchs new commander for the region told reporters at the Pentagon in late November, 2018. Gen. Charles Brown, then commander of Pacific Air Forces, said he wants smaller groups of U.S. warplanes to rapidly move between bases in order to frust...

Updated 2/24/2021 7:47 PM When Interra Capital Group bought a single-story office building in Arlington Heights in 2015, the new owners decided to keep the buildings oldest fixture. "Phil came with the building," said human relations manager Karma Shipman, her voice bubbly with excitement about Wednesdays surprise 90th birthday party in the building for longtime building engineer Phil Pecoraro. "Everybody loves him. Hes a gem we have."   As he has for the past 28 years, Pecoraro, who drives fr...

Pope Francis shares in mourning for Des Plaines mother, 4 daughters killed in fire   Cardinal Blase Cupich led the funeral Mass Wednesday for a Des Plaines mother and her four young daughters who died in a Jan. 27 fire at their Des Plaines home. The services were held at the Chapel of St. Joseph on the grounds of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer   Juan Manuel Espinosa, in black cap, is comforted by friends and family Wednesday...

State sees 3,328 new COVID cases, 69 deaths FacebookTwitterEmail Eileen Kane of Mount Prospect receives her first COVID-19 vaccination administered by National Guard soldier Nathaly Castillo at Triton College on Wednesday.Mark Welsh | Daily Herald (AP) There were 3,328 new COVID-19 cases and 69 additional deaths reported statewide Thursday, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. That brings the total cases in Illinois since March to 1,137,559, with 19,444 deaths. As of Wednesday...

Here is how such a fight for air supremacy might play out. Key point: Both China and America are rivals that prepare and train for the worst. Here is how each of their planes and doctrines might stack up. The U.S. Air Force is rewriting its war plan for the Pacific, the flying branchs new commander for the region told reporters at the Pentagon in late November of 2018. Gen. Charles Brown, commander of Pacific Air Forces, said he wants smaller groups of U.S. warplanes to rapidly move between ba...

4 children among 5 killed in fire Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail Firefighters work Wednesday at the scene of a house fire in Des Plaines that claimed the lives of five people.Mark Welsh | Daily Herald via AP DES PLAINES — Five people, including four children under the age of 6, were killed Wednesday in a fire at a home in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines. All five people were members of the same family, Des Plaines Fire Chief Daniel Anderson said. Their names have not been released. T...

A sad day for Des Plaines: Four children, one adult killed in fire Yein Espinosa, 17, who identified himself as the uncle of four girls killed in a fire at their Des Plaines home Wednesday, hugs another family member at the scene. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer A home on the 700 block of West Oakton Street in Des Plaines was boarded up late Wednesday afternoon, hours after four young sisters and a woman were killed in a fire there. The cause of the blaze remains under investiga...

Some suburban movie theaters reopen, while others hold off   Neal Gatlin, 17, of Elmhurst and his girlfriend Alexis Burns, 17, were among the first moviegoers back at the Marcus Addison Cinema, which reopened on Friday. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer   The doors at the Marcus Addison Cinema are now open. "Its about time," General Manager Jenny Brenkus said. "We are very excited to welcome our community back." Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer   Neal Gatlin and Alexis Burns...

Drive-through shots begin at Lake fairgrounds   Volunteer Christine Miles speaks with a participant Tuesday during the first day of COVID-19 vaccinations at the Lake County Fairgrounds Expo Hall in Grayslake. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer   Edith Jones Odom of Beach Park was among hundreds of health care workers to get a COVID-19 vaccination Tuesday at the Lake County Fairgrounds. She was first in line to get her second dose. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer   Dozens of health car...