Bartlett • The following people were arrested at 2:57 a.m. on Nov. 12 at Route 59 and Bartlett Road after a traffic stop, police said: Nicole Becker, 19, of 2230 Candleberry Lane, Aurora was charged with illegal possession of liquor and illegal lane...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is checking households near the former Mallard Lake landfill for potentially explosive methane gas. Tests by the EPA showed high levels of methane gas 40 feet below the ground migrating from the landfill, whi...

A Hanover Park mother and son may face up to one year in jail for hosting an underage drinking party that led to a teenager's accidental drowning. Joanne Zagone, 51, and her 22-year-old son, Kenneth Pomella, pleaded guilty Monday to contributing to...

Pantry restocking success Kingswood United Methodist Church in Buffalo Grove collected almost 300 shopping bags of food on Nov. 11 as part of the annual gathering for the church's Emergency Food Pantry. The pantry serves an average of 23 families a ...

Two small children were critically injured in Glendale Heights in a fire investigators suspect their father may have intentionally set, authorities said today. The father, Kaushik Patel, and his two sons, ages 7 and 4, remained hospitalized today a...

Today Long Grove: Holiday season in the village's historic downtown opens today, as carolers stroll the downtown area throughout the afternoon. Tree lighting is 4 p.m. in Apple Haus Square. Long Grove Historic Village is near routes 83 and 53, just ...

Alexian Brothers Hospital Network has laid off a small number of employees unrelated to patient care in favor of outsourcing. Spokesman Matt Wakely confirmed 11 foodservice workers were laid off Thursday and that 47 foodservice and childcare positio...

A convicted armed robber being held on other robbery charges in Palatine was linked to yet another armed robbery in Roselle, police said Friday. William Bainer III, 35, of 1375 Court Marquerite, Hanover Park, confessed to an attempted armed robbery ...