42 ready-to-hire companies will be on site including the IL Tollway, Auto Truck Group, NWSRA, IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulations, Cook County Corrections, Iron Mountain, Macy's, DuPage County, IL State Police, Forest Preserve Di...

3 Elgin-area schools to stay closed today after Legionella bacteria found Three Elgin-area school buildings will remain closed today after high levels of the bacteria that can cause Legionnaires' disease were found in schools' cooling systems....

Dog tracks gunshot residue from scene of shooting After the fatal shooting of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz three weeks ago, a K-9 unit trained to track gunshot residue picked up a scent and followed it for about 1,700 feet. Ful...

A Barrington father and daughter are dead in what coroner's officials say was a murder-suicide. Barrington police and the Cook County Major Case Assistance Team responded about 4 p.m. Tuesday to the home at a house on the 500 block of North Avenue, ...

An autopsy will be performed this afternoon for the two people who died at a Barrington home Tuesday afternoon, according to Lake County officials. Orlando Portillo, the chief deputy coroner for Lake County, said the autopsies on the bodies will beg...

The city of St. Charles recently announced its fall hydrant flushing schedule. On Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, hydrant flushing will begin on the west side of the Fox River south of the Timbers subdivision, continuing south to Gray Street and west to North/S...

The chattering stopped and a football, once airborne, sat stationary on the grass. At Northwood Middle School late Saturday afternoon, somber silence prevailed as people saluted and paid their respects while a massive funeral procession for McHenry...

Beatbox master If you loved the comic beatboxing sound effects devised by Michael Winslow ("Police Academy"), don't miss his three performances this weekend at the Comedy Shrine, 4034 Fox Valley Center Drive, Aurora. $30 plus a two-menu-item purchas...