From 1950 until 2023, 11 tornadoes occurred in the Chicago area during the month of February, according to the National Weather Service in Romeoville whose forecast area includes 18 counties in northeast Illinois and five in northwest Indiana. On Tue...

A driver was killed in a fiery, two-vehicle crash Wednesday night in Barrington Hills. The head-on collision occurred about 8:50 p.m. on County Line Road at Bellwood Drive. A Ford F-150 pickup truck headed east struck a Hyundai Palisade headed west, ...

Elk Grove Village officials have hired their new police chief away from Barrington. David Dorn, who has spent a decade at the helm of the Barrington Police Department, will take over the same role in Elk Grove effective April 1, officials announced. ...

At least 11 tornadoes touched down in the Chicago region during Tuesday night’s severe thunderstorms, likely contributing to the damaged buildings, fallen trees and general mayhem that greeted many suburbanites as they ventured from their homes the f...

Severe thunderstorms pummeled parts of Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana, including a few potential tornado touchdowns across Chicago-area suburbs, the National Weather Service reported Tuesday night. Damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph and heavy ...

Barrington parents and students urged village leaders Monday to act more quickly to address railroad crossing safety, in the wake of last month’s death of a 17-year-old struck by a train as she walked to school. Members of the Barrington Student Safe...

Three men have been charged with stealing trucks, an SUV and a flatbed trailer in three suburbs and Chicago. Kamil Spieczynski, Sebastian Nawrot, and Mateusz Wojtowicz face charges in DuPage County, according to a news release from the Elmhurst Polic...

A man is charged with attempted murder after a stabbing Monday evening in Barrington, authorities said. Three people were taken to hospitals with injuries that do not appear to be life-threatening, and the man was taken into custody, according to a n...

Police are searching for two men suspected of stealing a semi-tractor truck in Elmhurst and driving it to South Barrington overnight Tuesday. Elmhurst police say they and Illinois State Police stopped the truck and a sedan used in the theft. Three me...

When something sad and traumatic happens, taking action can be an effective way to deal with grief and loss. That’s exactly what Roma Khan did after the Barrington community experienced a tragedy the morning of Jan. 25. As Barrington High student Mar...