A fitness evaluation has been ordered for a Carpentersville man accused of beating a woman with a hammer, raping her young daughter and stabbing their dog in March. A judge will evaluate a report on Daniel J. Happ, 28, on July 18. He faces up to 30 ...

A two-story house was badly damaged by a fire Saturday in Streamwood, authorities said. One firefighter had to be taken to a suburban hospital after being overcome by the heat, Streamwood Fire Department Batallion Chief Bob Wysong said. No other inj...

When it comes to sweltering heat or blistering cold, is there a lesser of two evils? Not necessarily, say people who work outdoors — they both stink in their own special way. “That's like, would you rather be in the middle of a volcano when it eru...

Laura and Kirk Smalley lost their 11-year-old son, Ty, to suicide on May 13, 2010, after he was suspended from school for fighting back against a bully who had been taunting him for years. Only a day later the Oklahoma couple were contacted by film...

Kane County Coroner Chuck West died early Wednesday from complications from a liver transplant, family members said. West, 69, of Elgin, died shortly after midnight on July 4 at University of Illinois-Chicago Medical Center, said his sister-in-law A...

Five years after Dollar General opened a second store in Carpentersville, the corporate office has closed it down, citing poor performance, an official confirmed Tuesday. Officials closed the store at 150 S. Western Ave. in the Spring Hill Marketpl...

Nathan Saavedra is home for the holiday and, hopefully, for good. Doctors released the 3-year-old Carpentersville boy from Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago on Tuesday afternoon, 12 days after he underwent a kidney transplant. Nathan’s most recen...