March 19 Alzheimer's Association wine tasting: Thursday, March 19, River East Art Center, 435 E. Illinois St., Chicago. "A Toast to Remember," premier wine tasting. $100-$125. Alzheimers-illinois.org/toast/ Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center charity conc...

Police are searching for a silver, 2000 Chevy Malibu stolen during an armed robbery Tuesday at an Aurora check-cashing store. Aurora police say a stocky black man, standing about 5 feet 9 inches, entered the Check-N-Go at 1276 North Lake St. with a ...

Fire chief warns of phony solicitations Carpentersville Fire Chief John Schuldt is alerting residents to a bogus fundraiser circulating throughout the village. Schuldt said about a dozen residents have received phone calls in the last week from indi...

The Cook County medical examiner's office has ruled that the weekend death of a Wisconsin man who fell from a bridge in downtown Chicago was accidental. After an autopsy was performed Sunday, the office said 44-year-old Brian Glynn of Janesville die...

Arlington Heights • Burglars broke into a 2007 Ford Explorer in a hotel lot at 3700 N. Wilke Road between 9 p.m. March 9 and 6:30 a.m. March 10 and stole a GPS unit, satellite radio and other items. Loss was estimated at $900. Des Plaines • Burglars...

A Wisconsin man has died after a fall from a bridge in downtown Chicago. Authorities say 44-year-old Brian D. Glynn, of Janesville, Wis., fell to the concrete landing at North Columbus Drive and East North Water Street, on the banks of the Chicago R...

A Chicago man is accused of killing a pregnant woman and her child by setting their North Side apartment building ablaze. Police say 18-year-old Jovan Djurdilov faces charges of first-degree murder and aggravated arson in the deaths of 7-year-old I...

Arlington Heights • Roxanne R. Diaz, 23, of the 0-100 block of East Streamwood Boulevard, Streamwood, was arrested around 5:25 a.m. March 8 on the 400 block of West Algonquin Road and charged with traffic violations, transportation of open liquor an...