The village of Glendale Heights and the Glendale Heights Police Department are coordinating a Fire Relief Supplies Drive for 11 displaced families. On Sunday, a fire at the Ellyn Crossing Apartments ...

The Addison Township Board voted Wednesday to sue former Supervisor Dennis Reboletti and three other former officials for allegedly misappropriating more than $78,000 in funds, and using part of it to ...

After a prize-winning novel was yanked from the classroom at Lemont High School District 210, parents are saying other books on the reading list are too racy to read, including the 1969 classic “I ...

Elgin High School alumni include scientists and scholars, business execs and artists, musicians and journalists and even a Nobel Prize winner. But until last week memories of many distinguished former ...

Illinois voters might know Alexi Giannoulias as the state’s treasurer from 2007 to 2011, or they might know him as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate who lost to Republican Mark Kirk in 2010. He’s ...

A 15-year-old girl was killed Saturday evening in a hit-and-run accident on Chicago’s South Side. Chicago police responded to a call of a person lying in the street shortly before 8:35 p.m. Saturday ...

Retiring Illinois Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin took a victory lap of sorts as guest speaker at the Peoria County Democratic Party’s President’s Day Dinner, delivering a speech that focused on the ...

A Hinsdale couple have filed a $500 million claim against a car wash they said was negligent in their son’s death. Brian and Kristine Richards, as independent administrators of the estate of Sean ...

Nearing the end of his working career, Russ Peterman saved a newspaper article about The Elgin Area Men’s Shed, where retired men gather to do projects. “One day, I found the article on my breakfast ...

The Durkin Brothers stand under the honorary Westchester street sign recognizing their parents, Tom and Colette Durkin. The brothers are (from left), Bill, Bob, Jim, Pat, Mike, Terry, Kevin and Tom.

Ashwin Shah, who immigrated to America 49 years ago, has celebrated the holidays for decades. These holidays, he said, are special for him and his wife, Ina, warmed by the happy resolution of a ...

A 37-year-old Lake Zurich man was killed Monday morning when his motorcycle was in a collision on Illinois Route 53 in Arlington Heights. Illinois State Police report there was a crash involving a ...