By Luke Zurawski lzurawski@dailyherald.com Starts before Friday Intelligentsia Cup Chicago: Through July 30. Annual criterium race series featuring 10 races in 10 days. Remaining events include: Cycle Brookfield Criterium July 26; Northbrook Grand P...

Tuesday, July 4 Barrington Fourth of July Festival: Tuesday, July 4, in downtown Barrington. Family Fitness Run at 7 a.m., parade from Barrington High School at 10 a.m., Chicago Brass Band Quintet performs at 11:30 a.m. at Barrington's Whit...

The Mount Prospect police department has a new commander with the elevation of Bart Tweedie from sergeant following the retirement of Cmdr. Mark Weger. Tweedie, accompanied by his son Henry and daughter Margot, was sworn into his new role during a c...

National Night Out is an annual event intended to bring communities together and help build relationship between residents and law enforcement. For more information, visit natw.org. Most areas celebrate National Night Out on the first Tuesday in Au...

When a gunman approached two men outside a Waukegan restaurant Sunday and shot both in the head, killing one and gravely injuring the other in apparent retaliation for an earlier shooting, it became the sixth gun-related homicide in Lake County this...

WASHINGTON - The United States military struck back at the Islamic State on Saturday, bombing an IS member in Afghanistan less than 48 hours after a devastating suicide bombing claimed by the group killed as many as 169 Afghans and 13 American servi...

Mount Prospect's downtown skyline has, in recent years, gradually transitioned from mostly one- and two-story businesses to multilevel residential structures. Most of this development has been north of the railroad tracks, but lofts, townhouses and ...

Cody Shephard of Wheeling spent five years in the Marines as a combat photographer, documenting everything from aircraft mishaps to battle damage assessments. Once he returned home in 2019, he hoped his skills would translate into the corporate worl...

NEIL FUNK IS RETIRING after 28 years of play-by-play with the Bulls. The announcement was released Wednesday afternoon and wasn't unexpected. He will call regular-season home games and once again reduce his road schedule before signing off next spri...