Cornfields may have given way to neighborhoods, office buildings and commercial enterprises in Bloomingdale, but a vestige of the town's history remains in the annual Septemberfest. "This is the 43rd year for Septemberfest. It actually started years...

This weekend Festival of the Vine: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9-10, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Fourth and State streets, Geneva. Fare from Geneva restaurants, wine and live music. The Fall Harvest Market offer...

ATLANTA (AP) - Donald Trump will visit a predominantly black church in Detroit this weekend and, his campaign says, "outline policies that will impact minorities and the disenfranchised in our country." It's the latest move in the Republican preside...

Police: Round Lake Park fire may have been set by intruder A Thursday morning fire that destroyed a Round Lake Park house and injured one resident may have been set by an intruder, police said. A neighbor on the 500 block of East Indian Trail, north...

A Cook County assistant medical examiner testified Friday he could not say conclusively which of the three bullets fired into the chest of Luis Reynoso claimed the life of the Palatine teen. However, Dr. Steven White did indicate that one of the bu...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago saw its deadliest month in two decades in August, recording 90 homicides for the month, the city's police department said Thursday. The last time the city recorded 90 killings in a month was August 1996, according to Chicago P...

Cubs hang on to sweep Pirates A bounce-back performance by pitcher Jason Hammel, home run No. 36 of the year by slugger Kris Bryant, and a spectacular sliding catch by shortstop Addison Russell helped the Cubs to a 6-5 victory Wednesday night over t...

Two brothers, who prosecutors say gave statements implicating fellow gang member Marco Lopez in the murders of a Palatine man and his son, backed off those statements when they testified in court Wednesday. In written and videotaped statements to p...