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Teen identified in Illinois Beach State Park drowning

The Lake County Coroner’s office has identified a Milwaukee teen as the boy who died in a Lake Michigan drowning near Illinois Beach State Park.

Police seeking man who shot at teens’ vehicle outside McDonald’s in Mount Prospect

Mount Prospect police are searching for a vehicle and its driver involved in a shooting outside a McDonald’s early Friday after they eluded an early effort to pursue them.

Elgin Police Cold Case Unit Det. Andrew Houghton, left, and Det. Chris Hall talk about the upcoming season of their podcast, “Somebody Knows Something,” which will focus on six unsolved cases from the 1970s.

Elgin cold case detectives launch season 2 of hit podcast, seeking to solve 1970s murders and disappearance of Barbara Glueckert

How do you top solving a 42-year mystery surrounding the disappearance of a young woman? Perhaps by identifying the killer responsible for an unsolved murder dating back to the 1970s.

Police: Man shot in face in unincorporated area near Arlington Heights

A man was shot in the face early Friday in an unincorporated area north of Arlington Heights, authorities said.

Lenny W. Weston

Mundelein-area man faces domestic battery, weapons, cannabis charges

A Mundelein-area man is accused of punching and choking a woman who was found by a passerby outside a West Vernon Ridge Drive home on July 19.

David Minard

Kane County man charged with possessing explosives appears in court, remains jailed

An Elgin-area man, charged with illegally possessing “hundreds of suspected explosives” inside a Kane County home made a brief court appearance Friday.

Top from left, Neil Khot, Junaid Ahmed, Dan Tully, Kevin Morrison, and bottom from left, Yasmeen Bankole, Sanjyot Dunung, Christ Kallas and Ryan Vetticad are the declared Democratic candidates for the 8th Congressional District seat that incumbent Raja Krishnamoorthi will vacate in 2026.

Several running to succeed Krishnamoorthi build six-figure war chests during second quarter

Six of the eight Democrats and the sole Republican currently seeking to succeed Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg in the 8th Congressional District already have raised six-figure campaign war chests.

Jaydynn Britva pulled a 19-year-old man who was apparently drowning from the water at Spring Lake Park in Lincolnshire Tuesday. “I hope more people do it,” said the 13-year-old, reflecting on the rescue. Here he stands near his Buffalo Grove home.

‘It’s utterly amazing’: 13-year-old Buffalo Grove teen saves man from near drowning

A 13-year-old Buffalo Grove teen helped a man from nearly drowning in a Lincolnshire lake — a heroic act police are calling “amazing.”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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