Substitute teacher uses racial slur in Carol Stream classroom A substitute teacher who used the N-word while discussing race with some students in an eighth-grade social science class at Jay Stream Middle School in Carol Stream won't be asked t...

“We're here because we found a baby and that baby was found dead. That baby was your baby. And I want you to explain.” Those were the words Streamwood detective Miguel Cabrales spoke to Jessica Cruz during a videotaped interrogation early on Nov. 8...

Emotions ran high in a Rolling Meadows courtroom Tuesday as testimony began in the trial of a Hanover Park woman charged with strangling her newborn baby nearly three years ago. Jurors dabbed at their eyes as tearful witnesses described finding the ...

In most Northwest suburbs kids are being asked to collect their Halloween loot within specific hours - to wear costumes easily seen by drivers and to visit only homes where the front lights are on. All trick-or-treat hours listed here are for Friday...

Just days remain before the Nov. 4 election. If you're a Metra rider, here's one reason you might want to talk transit funding with the state and federal candidates running in your districts: Among the justifications for steep fare increases propose...

Nearly three years after a Salvation Army store employee discovered the body of a newborn in a trash can, testimony will begin Tuesday in Rolling Meadows in the trial of the woman prosecutors say killed her baby minutes after giving birth. She's a ...

Two DuPage County Forest Preserve candidates disagree about what should happen to millions of dollars in property tax revenue that will be available after the district pays off part of its debt. When some bonds are paid off in 2017, District 6 fores...