Long-awaited improvements that will make Brunner Forest Preserve more accessible to the public are coming later this year, with the construction of the longest single trail ever built by the Kane County Forest Preserve District. The 741-acre preserv...

A Carpentersville man pleaded guilty Friday to making bomb threats in September 2013 that caused authorities to evacuate courthouses in St. Charles, Elgin and Carpentersville. Akiel W. Davis, 22, of the 100 block of Adobe Circle, pleaded guilty to f...

Bensenville boy killed in house fire: A 4-year-old boy hiding behind a dresser didn't escape a house fire and died Wednesday afternoon in Bensenville despite the efforts of his mother, a neighbor, passers-by, police and firefighters. "Every min...

Attorney General Lisa Madigan and her staff discussed how to identify and avoid major consumer scams, including identity theft and home repair fraud, as well as schemes that target seniors. The occasion was a round-table discussion Wednesday at the ...

Kane County prosecutors want a 23-year-old Carpentersville woman, given four years probation for her role in a 2010 stabbing death, to fulfill the terms of her sentence. Otherwise, Jacqueline S. Loyola, of the 2400 block of Tomahawk Court, could ser...

Grayslake Central student's body found in Third Lake Friends and family are mourning the death of a junior at Grayslake Central High School after his body was pulled from the water of Third Lake Monday night. Lake County sheriff's police and fr...

Personal flotation devices should always be worn by swimmers - no matter how experienced - when in the middle of a lake, the head of a regional dive rescue team and other experts say. Gurnee Fire Department Battalion Chief John Skillman, a rescue di...

Naperville quarry crash victims remembered for humor, confidence A Geneva man accused of driving drunk into a Naperville quarry early Saturday morning, causing a crash that killed two of his friends, is being held on $250,000 bail, authorities ...

1. A Geneva man once prominent in his high school's anti-drunken driving and anti-drug efforts was behind bars at the DuPage County jail on Sunday after authorities say he had been drinking and smoking marijuana before his car plunged into a Napervi...