Carpentersville • At about 1 a.m. Monday, security at the Fox View Apartments heard three or four shots. A resident told police he heard six shots. Another witness told police he saw a young man running from one of the units on Oxford Lane shortly a...

It might be offensive, but it isn't illegal. That's the conclusion police reached about a campaign sign in unincorporated Kane County that contains a "racial slur" in reference to Barack Obama. The homemade sign, posted along a well-traveled stretc...

While prosecutors investigate whether to file charges against a Waukegan convenience store clerk who gunned down a robber, legal experts say Monday's shooting didn't sound like self-defense. "It's retaliation and he should absolutely be charged," sa...

A fifth person has been charged in connection with an Aurora drug deal gone bad that resulted in a Chicago man being shot to death Oct. 1. Jorge Diaz, 20, of the 1900 block of West Division Street, was arrested Friday after leaving a Melrose Park re...

Antioch •Burglars stole a cell phone and wallet between 2:30 p.m. Oct. 1 and 8 a.m. Oct. 2 out of an unlocked 1997 Honda CR-V parked at a home on the 26500 block of Spruce Street, the Lake County sheriff's office said. Value was estimated at $260. D...

A Villa Park teen was fatally wounded Friday in what has been described as a gang-related drive-by shooting at the corner of Roy and Victoria streets in Northlake, police officials said. Police said 10 shots in total were fired from a passing vehic...

Algonquin • A woman was arrested at the Algonquin Police Department at 10 a.m. Friday. Collette M. Clymer, 37, of 415 N. Main St., Algonquin, was wanted on a McHenry warrant for contempt of court, police said. She posted a $100 bond and was released...