DuPage County prosecutors announced in court Friday they do not intend to seek the death penalty against a Carol Stream man accused of killing his mother March 14 in their condominium. Robert R. Lyons, 35, has pleaded innocent to stabbing his mother...

Despite getting rained out one night for first time ever, organizers of Barrington's annual Fourth of July festival say the event was another hit. Event chairman Brian Cecola said thunderstorms led to a festival shutdown on opening night, but after ...

Sure "third time's the charm" is a cliché, but tell that to new Hoffman Estates Fire Chief Robert Gorvett. He's applied for the chief's position three times, serving three stints as the village's acting chief while village officials debated who woul...

With less than a year to have their own police department up and running, Inverness trustees have decided to join the Northwest Central Dispatch System for 911 dispatch service. The village had first approached Barrington for dispatch services, but ...

A lawsuit charging ghost payrolling in an organization that supplies part-time firefighters for the Barrington Fire Department must be amended if it is to move forward, a Lake County judge ruled Thursday. One current and two former paid-on-call fire...

Wheeling residents will face a referendum choice on their November ballots related to a 911 surcharge. The village is looking to raise its $.75 a month surcharge on phone bills to $1.45 to keep a balanced budget related to 911 calls. Fire Chief Keit...

When fighting fires and saving lives, every second makes a difference. Hoping to shave minutes -- or even seconds -- off its response times, the Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District is encouraging residents to install the Knox-Box Rapid E...

The sudden departure of John Wu as Naperville's fire chief raises all sorts of questions this week as to exactly what happened and why. Rumors, of course, are flying all over the place. Everybody involved is hiding behind the old "it's a personnel m...

The sudden departure of John Wu as Naperville's fire chief raises all sorts of questions this week as to exactly what happened and why. Rumors, of course, are flying all over the place. Everybody involved is hiding behind the old "it's a personnel m...