Gurnee • A thief stole a wallet around 10 a.m. April 5 out of a Dodge Caravan during a car wash at Gurnee Dodge, 7255 Route 132, police said. Value was estimated at $800. • Thieves stole $540 around 1 p.m. April 6 out of a purse at American Eagle in...

This latest controversy will probably drag on for some time in the city, where wild political animals roam free at taxpayer expense. In the case of wayward Chicago cougar, I have heard both sides of the issue. If you've been hiding from the everyday...

AT&T spokesman Bob Beasley said late Wednesday that full telephone service had been restored to about 25 percent of all customers affected by an outage that began Tuesday in and around Lisle. Beasley could not, however, say exactly how large of an ...

Information gleaned from a cougar shot Monday in a North Side neighborhood by Chicago police will be shared with experts from all over the state in hopes its origin can be pinpointed. "What we have to do is pool our knowledge and do some trading to ...

Hoffman Estates • Hugo Rojas, 29, 700 Salem Drive, Apt. 108, Hoffman Estates, was arrested around 1 a.m. April 9 in the apartment parking lot and charged with possession of a controlled substance after an officer found cocaine in his car, police sai...

WASHINGTON -- The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency _ a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about the privacy of innocent people. Using aut...

Arlington Heights • Amie K. Frisbee, 29, 803 W. Miner St., Arlington Heights, was arrested around 5:45 p.m. April 11 and charged with two felony counts endangering the life/health of a child, child not in a restraint, and driving under the influence...

Carpentersville • On March 21, a woman entered H & L Liquors, 144 N., Kennedy Drive, and left the store with a $50 bottle of tequila hidden inside her jacket, police said. A photo was made from the surveillance tape and a store employee identified t...