A Cook County judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of a Hanover Park woman charged with murdering her baby moments after giving birth three years ago and leaving him in a trash can in a Streamwood Salvation Army store restroom. Jurors in ...

Hanover Park officials hope to raise $13.2 million via the village's proposed property tax levy - a 3 percent increase that would help put the 2015 budget in the black without dipping into reserves. In recent years, trustees have approved back-to-ba...

DuPage County reclaimed its role as a Republican stronghold in Tuesday's election - just two years after Democrats appeared to be making significant inroads. In 2012, DuPage voters supported President Barack Obama and elected a handful of local Demo...

Democratic state Rep. Michelle Mussman of Schaumburg slightly extended her marginal lead over crosstown Republican challenger Jim Moynihan as the counting of provisional and mail-in ballots continued Wednesday. But Moynihan said he wouldn't concede ...

"Stalemated." That is how jurors, in notes to the judge, described the state of their deliberations in the case of a Hanover Park woman who prosecutors say tied a plastic bag around her newborn son's neck and left him in a trash can moments after sh...

Democratic state Rep. Michelle Mussman narrowly defeated Republican challenger Jim Moynihan to hold onto her 56th District state House seat, according to unofficial results early Wednesday morning. Mussman had 13,705 votes, about 51.2 percent of the...

Democratic state Rep. Fred Crespo again beat his Republican rival Ramiro Juarez Tuesday in their divisive race for the Illinois House 44th District seat, but by a much smaller margin than two years ago. His margin of victory was about 9 percent wit...

You can't vote on Metra's proposed fare hike, but riders can give agency leaders their opinions during a series of hearings this week. The Metra board is expected to vote on the 2015 budget and higher fares Nov. 15. The agency is contemplating an av...