Starts before Friday Chicago Jazz Festival: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31; 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1; and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 2-3, at Millennium Park (and citywide), Michigan Avenue at Washington Street...

A Chicago man was ordered held without bond Sunday on charges he fired a gun into the car of another driver during a case of road rage along Interstate 290 in Elmhurst, DuPage County prosecutors said. Gregory Johnson, 42, of the 300 block of North M...

Live music, food and drink are at the heart of Palatine Street Fest, which takes place from 5 p.m. to midnight Friday, Aug. 25; 11 a.m. to midnight Saturday, Aug. 26; and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, in downtown Palatine at the intersection of...

Three people are facing murder charges in connection with the shooting of a man in May in Aurora. Kevan S. Spatz, 36, of the 1400 block of North Menard Avenue in Chicago; Joshua Rodriguez, 31, of the 2499 block of West Lunt Avenue in Chicago; and Wi...

In two weeks, more than 20,000 Muslims from across North America and the world are expected to converge on Rosemont for a four-day Islamic convention - one of the largest gatherings of Muslims in the region. The Islamic Society of North America's 60...

A man from Algonquin has been accused of trying to flee West Chicago police in a car chase. Germaine Sharpe, 48, of the 2300 block of Dawson Lane, is charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding a peace officer and possession of a controlled substanc...

St. Charles fire investigators are searching for the cause of a blaze that broke out Saturday night in a building on the shuttered Pheasant Run Resort property. Officials said St. Charles Fire Department firefighters responded at 7:22 p.m. to report...

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with fleeing Villa Park police at speeds of up to 132 mph. The DuPage County state's attorney's office announced Thursday that the boy, from Maywood, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggrava...

Despite the addition of more schools, the Big Ten Conference is backing away from plans to move its video command center and a student startup entrepreneurial space to the new Rosemont village hall, officials confirmed. The decision late Monday afte...