Arlington Heights Vandals smashed a mailbox overnight July 2 on the 3900 block of Proctor Circle. Damage was estimated at $200. Thieves stole a mailbox valued at $100 July 3 at a home on the 500 block of Foxdale Lane. Vandals damaged a mailbox Ju...

Barry Henby says the words "thank you" mean a lot to soldiers and other U.S. military personnel when they hear it from civilians. Henby, a Gurnee Fire Department battalion chief, says he hopes to get village residents to participate in campaign sta...

Unless owner Mercedes Venegas can prove her bar is not the haven for drugs and gangs police claim it to be, Palatine may have seen the last of Mac & Nac Tap. "I just think (Venegas) is over her head with the neighborhood and the types of patrons com...

A makeshift tree swing hung by purple rope where young Alexis Porreca loved to spend her girlhood summer time swayed gently in the breeze in the backyard of her Des Plaines home Wednesday, a day after the girl lost her life in a tragic accident. Ele...

Palatine A condominium on the 100 block of South Baybrook Drive was burglarized between 2 and 5 a.m. July 5 while the residents were asleep inside. The burglar or burglars lifted an unlocked screen door off its track and got into the condo through ...

St. Charles Sergio Perez-Gomez, 32, of 101 S. Chapel St., Elgin, was arrested at 5:18 p.m. June 30 and charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and driving without a valid license after a crash on the 200 block of South Kirk Road, ...

Antioch Burglars stole an electrical power box and two 100-foot extension cords between 10 p.m. June 29 and 6 a.m. June 30 out of an unlocked work trailer parked in a driveway on the 42900 block of Janette Street, the Lake County sheriff's office sa...

The Cook County medical examiner's office has determined an 11-month-old baby found inside an Evanston home was murdered. Clarashea Hebron of Chicago died Monday at Children's Memorial Hospital. An autopsy Tuesday revealed the baby died of multiple ...

Sugar Grove Police arrested six minors and three juveniles after breaking up an underage drinking party at 10 p.m. Friday in the 900 block of Merrill New Road. The parents of the man having the party were not at home. Michael R. D'Agostino, 18, of ...

Kane County Chelsea D. Kraft, 17, of 751 Mather Lane, Batavia, and a juvenile companion were each cited at 1:19 p.m. Thursday for criminal trespass at Mooseheart, 3S300 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia Township, police said. Daniel J. Simmons, 28, of 34W...