A Gurnee man was arrested Monday after police said he approached a 15-year-old girl and asked her if she wanted a ride in his SUV last week, police said. Joshua J. Fitch, 29, of the 4600 block of Kings Way North was arrested at 3:44 p.m. Monday in c...

Elgin police and the Illinois State Fire Marshall are investigating a suspicious early-morning house fire that left a residence uninhabitable. Elgin firefighters were called to the 600 block of Sherman Avenue at 3:48 a.m. and arrived two minutes lat...

An Elgin man was charged with felony bank robbery after authorities say he handed a note saying he had a gun and wanted money to a teller at Chase Bank, 24 East Chicago St., FBI authorities said. Michael Broome, 35, of the 1600 block of Mark Avenue,...

Two Naperville men were arrested and charged with possession of child pornography after a lengthy investigation by Naperville police and the Illinois attorney general's office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit, officials said. Brian K. Mi...

St. Charles police arrested two women accused of taking money from a 70-year-old St. Charles woman in a "pigeon drop" scam, police said Tuesday. Linda M. Gokey, 57, of 6111 Kit Carson Drive, Hanover Park and Connie Kay Pausche, 50, of 2461 Wyeth Dri...

Two men are dead after a possible road race ended with a car split in half after striking a tree in Bensenville Monday, police said. Bensenville police responded to the crash around 4:13 p.m. Monday on the east side of the 200 block of S. York Road,...

State police charged a Racine man with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a trucker last week on the Edens Expressway, police said. David Seddon, 49, of Racine, Wis. was charged in the death of Allen Lauritzen, 40, from Sparta, Wis., who d...

Roselle police found several marijuana plants, 140 grams of processed marijuana and drug paraphernalia after responding to a domestic violence 911 call on New Year's Eve, police said. Roselle police responded to a 911 call at 639 East Forum Drive ar...