Metra riders could face fare hikes ranging from 25 cents for a single ticket to $1.75 for a 10-ride pass to $2.50 for a monthly pass in February 2016. Agency leaders introduced the change Thursday, saying the increase could have been higher if not f...

Cubs blast past St. Louis The Chicago Cubs put on a show last night with six home runs in their 8-6 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at a packed and supercharged Wrigley Field. The victory gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead in this best-of-five Na...

Mundelein officials have developed an unusual plan to reduce overnight street parking in the village. People would be asked to park on the side of the street with odd-numbered houses between 3 and 5 a.m. on odd-numbered dates, and on the even si...

A fire that started in a second-floor bedroom of a single-family house in Bartlett Monday night caused $130,000 in damages, according to a Bartlett Fire Department news release. Firefighters arrived on the scene at 852 Tallgrass Drive at 9:28 p.m., ...

Colorful costumes, slapstick comedy and wacky one-liners. It hardly sounds like the makings of a Greek comedy, but that's exactly what Saint Viator High School students deliver in presentation of their fall play, "The Birds," opening Thursday, Oct. ...

College of DuPage Acting Interim President Joe Collins welcomes Illinois State Senator Jeanne Ives to the opening of the College's Homeland Security Training Center. Approximately 100 attendees visited during the event, including Hanover Park Villag...

Hanover Park Little Leaguers and Hurricanes football teams could see new dugouts and fencing at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District sports complex by the end of 2015 if the leagues round up enough volunteers to help with the projects. Witho...