A Vernon Hills woman died and two other suburban residents were rescued after a powerboat hit a jetty and overturned in Lake Michigan on the North Side Thursday morning, authorities said. The boat capsized about 2 a.m. on the 2200 block of North Lak...

Local alligator wranglers are trying to capture a 4-to-5 foot alligator that's swimming in Chicago's Humboldt Park Lagoon, but it's not the only surprising critter found out of its element in Chicago and the suburbs. Alligators make occasional app...

The Barrington man charged with fatally shooting his wife during an argument over a coffee maker told police in a recorded interview that he didn't know what made him angry enough to pull the trigger. Portions of the 2½-hour video depicting Larry Lo...

A Chicago man who was suspected of kidnapping two people in Elgin and was shot in a confrontation with Chicago police was identified Tuesday by the Cook County medical examiner's office. Luis E. Vasquez, 42, died of multiple gunshot wounds, accordin...

Authorities have identified the 22-year-old passenger who died Thursday night in a high-speed single-car crash in Waukegan as Javier Ocampo of North Chicago. Ocampo died from multiple blunt force injuries he sustained in the crash, Lake County Coron...

The Elmhurst office of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group, in conjunction with the KoenigRubloff Cares Foundation, held a Teddy Bear drive, collecting close to 150 bears for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicag...

This weekend Barrington Fourth of July Fest: 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Friday, July 5, and 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at the Barrington North Metra Lot, 201 S. Spring St., Barrington. Brats, bands, beer, rock walls, sports games, a bounce h...

A person frets waiting for a husband or wife to come home, except the spouse has long been dead. Someone forgets how to drive a familiar route, or has a hard time following storylines on a favorite TV show. Those are some possible signs of dementia,...