Bio Name: Bob Barnett City: Downers Grove Office sought: Mayor Age: 49 Family: Wife Cary, Three Children, Bobby, Ana and Will Occupation: Samuel Son & Company Education: BSME, University of Evansville | MBA, Keller Graduate School of Management...

A man who fatally shot a McHenry County sheriff's deputy Thursday was staying in a Rockford hotel room with his girlfriend, who told officers on the scene she wanted to get out just before a spray of bullets erupted through the door and the walls, a...

A McHenry County sheriff's deputy died after being shot Thursday morning while working with federal agents at a Rockford hotel, and the suspect was taken into custody after a hourslong standoff with state police along Interstate 55 northeast of Spri...

RENO, Nev. (AP) - The Latest on a federal court battle over the shipment of plutonium from South Carolina to Nevada (all times local): 5:20 p.m. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak says the state is exploring options for weapons-grade plutonium that the feder...

Freshman U.S. Rep. Sean Casten's speech Saturday, as he took the oath of office before a local audience, was about the Constitution, the power of words, the consent of the governed and what he sees as the two key elements of America's founding docum...

Registration is now open for the Geneva Park District's annual Super Shuffle 5K being held on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3, at Geneva Middle School South. This event happens snow or shine! On-site registration and check-in will be 9 to 9:45 a.m. The...

The application process is now open for Illinois American Water's 2019 Environmental Grant Program. The program supports innovative, community-based environmental projects that improve, restore or protect watersheds through partnerships. Diverse ...

As women gained electoral victories across the country, ushering in the highest proportion of women ever to serve at once in state legislatures across the nation at 28.6 percent, female political victories in DuPage County mirrored the trend. In the...

A host of new suburban lawmakers took office Wednesday as the 101st General Assembly convened in Springfield to kick off a legislative session that will continue through May. Taking office after the blue wave of the November election, the newcomers ...