Submit events at least two weeks in advance to Melynda Findlay via e-mail to mfindlay@dailyherald.com or by fax, (630) 955-0895. Through Saturday • Registration for the VolunTeens program runs through Saturday at the Addison Public Library, 2 F...

Batavia • Gabriela Badillo, 18, of 229 Williams St., Aurora, was charged with retail theft after an incident at Kohl's, 251 N. Randall Road, at 4:23 p.m. Thursday. • Jaymes R. Kraft, 19, of 751 Mather Lane; and Zachary M. Neumann, 17, of 491 Kickapo...

Algonquin • A Missouri man was accused at 4 a.m. Thursday of causing a disturbance on the 900 block of Interloch Court. Randall J. Oehlerking, 24, of 6460 County Road 9100, West Plaines, was charged with criminal trespass to a residence and disorder...

Batavia • Items valued at $795 were stolen from a vehicle parked on the 700 block of Lake Court, it was reported Wednesday. • Jewelry valued at $2,000 was stolen from a residence on the 600 block of Carriage Drive, it was reported Wednesday. Kane Co...

The Coultrap Elementary School PTO is selling commemorative brick pavers to be placed in the entrance of the new Williamsburg Elementary School in Geneva. Williamsburg will replace Coultrap this fall. The bricks, which cost $50 or $100, can be engr...

Four people police say are responsible for a string of armed robberies in several Lake County locations pleaded not guilty Thursday in Lake County circuit court. Two members of the group, Jermmie Carlisle, 21, of North Chicago, and Alonzo Amos, 22, ...

Even with temperatures dipping to freezing and snow making encore appearances this spring, Mal Rafter remains focused on summer. The 46-year-old Villa Park resident certainly kept his eye on June as he braved bone-chilling waters of Lake Michigan a ...

More serious criminal charges have been filed in connection with the drug overdose death of a U.S. Navy sailor from North Chicago. Lake County Assistant State's Attorney Steven Derue said Kelton Lewis, 23, of Antioch Township, is now charged with dr...

A male cougar shot and killed by police April 14 in Chicago was the same animal positively identified in Wisconsin -- the first confirmed instance there in a century. Previous DNA results also showed the young animal was of North American origin wit...