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‘Still too trusting’: Officials warn of surge in driveway paving scams

Suburban officials and the Better Business Bureau are warning of a surge in scammers swindling thousands of dollars from homeowners and leaving behind shoddy or nonexistent asphalt paving work on their driveways. Their chief message: Residents’ skepticism is their best, if not only, protection again...

‘Working every day toward forgiveness’: 15 years later, loss remains for Engelhardt family

How police, fire departments help first responders cope in the wake of tragedies

Arlington Heights using budget surplus to replace lead pipes

Did you lose a pool? Elgin finds that and more during annual spring road cleanup

Oberweis Dairy laying off workers after filing for bankruptcy

Schaumburg trustees poised to adopt $341 million budget for ‘more challenging’ year ahead

Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower Tuesday for Manhattan Criminal Court in New York. Trump is set to return to court as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who'll decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign.

First six jurors are chosen for Trump’s hush money criminal trial

NEW YORK — The first six jurors for Donald Trump's hush money trial were chosen Tuesday after lawyers grilled members of the jury pool about their social media posts, pol...

Palatine Village Manager Reid Ottesen speaks with supporters of a cease-fire in Gaza following Monday night's village council meeting.

Palatine council takes a pass on Gaza cease-fire resolution

Palatine leaders declined Monday to formally support calls for a cease-fire in Gaza, but said they will relay advocates’ message to the village’s congressional representa...

Police seek suspect in Naperville shooting

Naperville police are searching for a suspect in a shooting that injured a person early Tuesday afternoon. Several schools, including Neuqua Valley High School, are on a ...

A rendering by Confluence, a landscape architecture firm, shows plans to improve the Roselle municipal campus with a “Petal Plaza” between village hall and the police department.

Roselle’s Petal Plaza, Porch and Promenade project to take root downtown

Roselle’s signature flower pops up in its logo and a mosaic tile mural unveiled for the town’s 100th anniversary. No, the village isn’t named after one, but what lilacs a...

North Barrington’s village board on Monday approved a roughly $3.3 million annual budget for the 2025 fiscal year, which begins May 1. A flood prevention project is a key element of the spending plan.

Flood prevention a key focus of new North Barrington budget

A flood prevention project in North Barrington is the showcase project in North Barrington’s new annual budget, officials said. The village board on Monday night approved...

Man charged with fatal DUI in West Chicago

A man has been charged with killing someone in a DUI crash early Monday in West Chicago. James H. Vaughn, 43, of the 600 block of West Forest Avenue, West Chicago, is cha...

Arguing heard in phone call before Wheeling murder-suicide, police say

The last time anyone heard from a Wheeling couple who were found dead last week in an apparent murder-suicide was the night before their bodies were discovered — and they...

Jason Alexander, left, makes his Chicago stage debut in the new comedy “Judgment Day” at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. The world premiere also features Olivia Denise Dawson and Daniel Breaker, seen here rehearsing with Alexander.

‘Seinfeld’s’ Jason Alexander makes local stage debut in Chicago Shakes’ premiere

Emmy and Tony Award-winner Jason Alexander makes his Chicago stage debut, Aurora’s Paramount Theatre revives the ever-popular “Beautiful” and Steppenwolf stages a satire that stings.