Four people were taken to a hospital after a crash involving a dump truck and two passenger vehicles in Barrington Hills Thursday morning.

Local governments are crying foul in the wake of Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposed cut of their share of the state income tax in 2027.

Two ice fishermen were rescued about 50 feet from shore Wednesday afternoon in Port Barrington.

Guest columnist Keith Peterson: It very much seems that we were just as divided as a nation at the time of the Kent State University shootings as we are now. What seems to be very different from 1970 is the political reaction.

Several Barrington firefighters received recognition at this week’s village board meeting for saving the life of the driver of an overturned truck late last year.

Barrington has reached agreement with its firefighters union giving firefighters a pay raise and the department a boost in staffing.

Six Long Grove Fire District personnel and a dispatcher were recently honored for their life-saving measures performed last November on Terri Basler of Crystal Lake.

Guest columnist Keith Peterson:

While not many suburbs set a deadline for the removal of holiday decorations, there’s a national precedent that can be applied more broadly if lingering lights are deemed unsafe or a nuisance.

As we close out 2025, we remember those we lost this year in the suburbs.