25-unit St. John Kuester Manor left uninhabitable after attic fire A 25-unit senior apartment building in Wauconda was left uninhabitable after a fire in the attic/roof area Tuesday afternoon. No injuries were reported but residents of St. John ...

A Milwaukee man driving a bus with 50 students headed for Wauconda Middle School after a school trip early Thursday was issued several citations including not having a valid commercial driver’s license, officials said. A Lake County Sheriff’s deputy ...

Forty-four years after parts of a dismembered corpse were discovered in a grassy area in Barrington Hills, authorities on Wednesday announced they have a name to go with the remains. Investigators used DNA and forensic genealogy to identify the remai...

The 2024 high school baseball season started this week. Here’s a look at what to expect for Cook County teams.

Longtime South Barrington Police Chief Thomas Roman will retire this summer. Roman, 70, who has led the department since 2014, will step down June 28. He announced his pending departure at Thursday night’s village board meeting and in an email to sta...

Get in the spring spirit with egg hunts for kids, dogs and even adults; breakfasts and lunches with the Bunny; and even a helicopter egg drop. Here’s a sampling of upcoming events across the suburbs.

With St. Patrick's Day falling on a Sunday, most bars and restaurants are planning a weekend of activities and specials. So gear up in your best green and get ready to celebrate with music, corned beef, green beer and more.

The driver killed last week in a fiery crash in Barrington Hills has been identified as a Carpentersville man, authorities announced Wednesday. Josue Campuzano-Cuin, 30, died from fire-related injuries in the Feb. 28 crash, the Lake County coroner’s ...

A group of suburban leaders pushed back Monday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposal to eliminate the state’s 1% grocery tax, saying it would deprive their communities of funding for public safety, roads and other services. “The grocery tax receipts never...

One person died after a kayak tipped over on Silver Lake near Cary early Sunday, Oakwood Hills Police Chief Raymond Cordell confirmed. According to the Cary Fire Protection District, two men took a canoe out and it tipped over about halfway across th...