The only reason Nancy Knoerr took part in Sunday's Polar Plunge for Special Olympics in Palatine was her son, Adam. Adam Knoerr, who died at 28 in August 2012 from injuries suffered in a scooter accident, had been an ardent polar plunger and a value...

A Gurnee woman who told police she is "angry with religion" has been arrested and charged with vandalizing 21 houses of worship in Lake County during a six-day spree, authorities said Friday. Meghan Heinze, 22, of the 100 block of Wellington Court, ...

Northwest suburbs Pizza deliveryman Ricardo Marquez bought a new car last spring, so the 23-year-old is especially cautious when he makes his deliveries in an 8-mile radius around Rosati's, 1069 Rohlwing Road in Elk Grove Village. The most poth...

Prosecutor: We're on the trail of Bensenville murder suspect Authorities are on the trail of a man they believe shot and killed a Bensenville convenience store clerk during a botched armed robbery last month, a prosecutor said Sunday during cou...

Authorities are on the trail of a man they believe shot and killed a Bensenville convenience store clerk during a botched armed robbery last month, a prosecutor said Sunday during court proceedings involving a man accused of being the getaway driver...

A St. Charles man was charged Saturday with sexually assaulting a maid at a Chicago hotel. Dennis Sluski Jr., 46, of St. Charles, was arrested and charged with felony sexual assault Saturday on the 2700 block of North Clark Street in Chicago after t...

MEXICO CITY — A massive operation that mushroomed through the western Mexican state of Sinaloa last week netted the world's top drug lord, who was captured early Saturday by U.S. and Mexican authorities at a condominium in Mazatlan, officials from ...

Leaders of different faiths stood united Wednesday against hate and intolerance they said was manifested in an organized graffiti attack that in recent days targeted nearly a dozen places of worship in Waukegan and Gurnee. "It hits you right in the ...