Antioch A $5,500 Yamaha golf cart was stolen from the Sandbar Resort/Marina, 40880 Douglas Ave., between 8 p.m. July 13 and 9 a.m. July 14. The cart has oversized tires, a lift kit, rounded windshield, no top and "644" written on it. Fox Lake • Chad...

Authorities say a man from the Roscoe Village neighborhood on Chicago's North Side has died after accidentally falling from the balcony of his building. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office ruled the death of 26-year-old Matthew Fergus accident...

Jesse Padron has had one of the rockiest employment histories you'll read about - all with the same boss. He's been disciplined, he's been put on probation. He's been fired. Twice. And he keeps coming back for more. The 19-year Elgin cop is suing to...

World Overcomers Church in Bartlett will welcome former NBA champion and Olympic gold medal winner Jerry Lucas Sunday. Lucas, a member of the basketball hall of fame and former New York Knicks player, will speak during church services at 10 a.m. and...

A 17-year-old Aurora man suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound to his torso about 12:25 a.m. Thursday, while in an alley around the 500 block of Fifth Street, police said. The 17-year-old and a 37-year-old man he was with are both self-admit...

Developers looking to add a large industrial park to North Aurora heard encouraging words from the committee of the whole last week. The McShane Corporation is looking to add two large industrial buildings - one 153,000 square feet and the other 24...

St. Charles • Ryann Fromknecht, 17, of 527 Woodward Ave., Geneva, was arrested at 5:32 p.m. June 17 and charged with retail theft after stealing more than $100 in clothes, jewelry and other merchandise from Kohl's, 3840 E. Main St., police said. Fro...

A Chicago-area man has been charged with being the bank robber whose bushy fake mustache made him known to FBI agents for the last six weeks as "the Groucho Bandit," federal officials said Wednesday. Michael William Staadt, 37, was arrested Tuesday ...

Tough sentence warranted: This week, DuPage Circuit Judge Kathryn Creswell sentenced a Lombard man to 65 years in prison for opening fire on three local police officers, permanently injuring one, to avoid being arrested for stealing an $8 bottle of...