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A Flock Safety license plate reader camera uses a proprietary algorithm to identify a license plate, vehicle make, type and color.

Lake County Sheriff’s Office purchases 15 license plate reading cameras

Agency joins several other communities in leveraging technology The Lake County Sheriff’s Office will be joining the growing ranks of entities utilizing license plat...

Pedestrian killed in morning crash in McHenry

A 73-year-old McHenry woman was killed Wednesday morning when she was struck by a vehicle in the area of West Elm Street-Route 120 and Oak Drive, McHenry police said. The...

Unofficial results in the Democratic primary for Cook County state’s attorney show former appellate court Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke’s lead over former prosecutor Clayton Harris III has shrunk to 1,600 votes.

Still no winner in Cook County state’s attorney Democratic primary

The approximately 800 suburban mail-in ballots tallied Tuesday by the Cook County Clerk’s Office shrank former appellate court Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke’s lead over for...

Naperville has topped Niche’s “Best City to Live in America” list.

Naperville named country’s best city to live in

Naperville is once again at the top — this time as the country’s best city to live in, according to the website Niche. Though Naperville has ranked high in listings, it i...

Aurora Central Catholic High School athlete Patrick Hilby smiles and his family applauds as he accepts a proclamation from Aurora Mayor Pro Tem Mike Saville at Tuesday night’s board meeting.

Aurora honors high school runner after national win

Aurora Central Catholic High School senior athlete Patrick Hilby had a day named in his honor during the Aurora City Council Meeting Tuesday after he clinched the nationa...

Man killed in Batavia crash

A man died in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday night in Batavia. Police say Robert Foley, 35, of Batavia, was driving east on Fabyan Parkway approaching Batavia Avenue (Rou...

FILE - Recovery workers pull a car from the bay at the site where the Queen Isabella Causeway collapsed, in Port Isabel, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001. The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore following a ship strike on March 26, 2024 brought back jarring memories of their own ordeals to people who survived previous bridge collapses. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Driving along ... and the roadway vanishes beneath you. What's it like to survive a bridge collapse?

You're driving along, and without warning, the roadway drops from beneath you. There are a few seconds of falling, with thoughts possibly racing about family or loved one...

Schaumburg officials are preparing to join the many other suburbs that already charge a tax on electricity use, but in the village’s own case to pay for the burial of overhead power lines and other improvements to the electrical infrastructure.

Schaumburg officials seeking electricity tax to improve local power grid, bury more lines

Schaumburg plans to join the ranks of 294 Illinois towns that already impose a municipal electricity tax, but in its own case for the specific purpose of improving the lo...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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