A Hanover Park truck driver was found guilty Thursday of most charges against him in connection with a fiery crash on Jan. 27, 2014, that killed a tollway worker and severely injured a state trooper near Aurora. DuPage Judge Robert Kleeman found Ren...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct information about how Batavia became a home-rule community. Shoppers in Illinois paid more than $1 billion in additional sales taxes to nearly 300 towns last year, and that could rise if Gov...

Renato Velasquez, the Hanover Park truck driver accused of falling asleep and causing a fatal crash on Jan. 27, 2014, along eastbound I-88 near Route 59 in Aurora, may have had falsified logs in his cab at the time of the accident, but his attorney ...

Rosemont rebated Garth Brooks more than $1 million Rosemont officials paid Garth Brooks more than $1 million to kick off his tour at Allstate Arena, but they said they made $2 million in return. The village had fought to keep those figures priv...

A Hanover Park teen was sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison Tuesday in exchange for his guilty pleas to assaulting a 13-month-old girl last September. Cole Eben, 19, was sentenced by Cook County Judge Thomas Fecarotta to seven years for pred...

“I cheat all the time. You have to cheat to make money.” Prosecutors say that admission from Hanover Park truck driver Renato Velasquez is the cornerstone of their case to convict the 47-year-old of charges stemming from a fatal crash on the night o...

Candidates running for the Elgin Community College board say the future of community colleges is in increasing online learning and building partnerships with communities to ensure more people have access to education. Incumbents Bob Getz of Elgin an...

The impact of a January 2014 crash that killed a tollway worker and seriously injured a state trooper along Interstate 88 near Aurora likely will resonate beyond the trial that starts this week, thanks to legislation now being pushed in Springfield....