The Rotary Club of Palatine will be hosting their 12th Annual Oktoberfest which is open to the public on Friday, September 20th through Sunday, September 22nd on the corner of Smith and Slade in downtown Palatine south of the Metra train station to ...

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Cary teen who police say was responsible for a March crash in Wauconda that left a 16-year-old girl dead. Caleb R. Rohrbach, 18, of the 300 block of Wooded Knoll Drive, is charged with three counts of reckless...

Barrington resident Doug McConnell fell about a half-mile short of touching land Wednesday in his effort to achieve what could have been the longest Atlantic Ocean swim between two well-known Massachusetts islands to raise money for ALS research. Jo...

A Lake County judge ruled Wednesday that the 69-year-old Barrington man who shot at his wife four times during a dispute that began over a coffee pot is guilty of second-degree murder. Judge Daniel Shanes dismissed testimony that Larry Lotz was in a...

By Marni Pyke Walking into the Hunny Pot in Toronto's hip Queen Street West neighborhood resembles walking into an art gallery rather than a marijuana dispensary. Instead of pot-laced brownies or gummy bears on display, there's a swanky grown-up vib...

Rough Atlantic Ocean conditions have delayed Barrington resident Doug McConnell's plan for a historic swim between two iconic Massachusetts islands to raise money for ALS patients. McConnell, 61, had been scheduled to begin his 18-mile open water ma...

Barrington resident Doug McConnell is prepared to navigate through strong currents and possibly sharks for what could be the first Atlantic Ocean swim on a specific route to raise money to help ALS patients. McConnell, 61, is to begin the 18-mile op...

Frank Buschauer was convicted Friday of murdering his wife in what Cook County Judge Joseph Cataldo called "a senseless death over the building of a house." Cataldo found Buschauer, 70, guilty of drowning his wife, Cynthia Hrisco, more than 19 years...

Red-light camera gear has been reinstalled at a busy Wauconda intersection, eight years after being removed because of a road-widening project. The camera went up earlier this month at Bonner Road and Route 12. It's positioned to monitor northbound ...