Carpentersville • Two men were accused at 8:30 a.m. Thursday of trying to cash a stolen check at Amcore Bank, 94 N. Kennedy Drive, police said. Anthony Morris, 35, of 5325 W. Adams St., Chicago, and Brian K. Anderson, 32, of 419 May St., Elgin, were...

Mundelein police officer Kathleen Smith has been given the GLMV Chamber of Commerce's 2007 Community Service Award. Smith was recognized for her efforts to coordinate the chamber's holiday assistance program for a local family. Write-in candidates ...

Fox Lake • Vandals smashed the rear window between 3 and 6 p.m. Jan. 15 on a 1993 Ford sedan parked on the 100 block of Manor Avenue, police said. Damage was estimated at $200. Gurnee • Burglars stole $563 Jan. 26 out of a safe at Subway in Gurnee M...

Geneva • A burglar broke in through a glass front door and took $250 from a cash register at Antonio's Pizza, 500 Lark St., between 9:45 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday. Police say they think it may be the same person who burglarized China Taste, 17...

Des Plaines • Burglars smashed the front driver's-side window and stole a GPS unit between 6 and 8 p.m. Jan. 21 out of a 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe parked on the 500 block of Cordial Drive, police said. Damage and value were estimated at $700. • Burglars...

There are 13 candidates for six village board trustee seats in the village of Campton Hills. Three will serve 2-year terms and three will serve 4-year terms, to be decided in a lottery. Seven candidates answered questions posed by the Daily Herald: ...

A 46-year-old Des Plaines man was shot to death at the convenience store where he worked in Chicago Friday morning. Police said a gunman walked into the Edgewater Minimart, 1215 W. Devon Ave., shortly after 11 a.m. and shot Kaycee Fadiya, ABC 7 Chic...

The Schaumburg police officer injured in a two-car collision in Hoffman Estates Wednesday was released from the hospital Friday and is back home. Schaumburg police Sgt. John Nebl did not know when the unidentified officer would return to duty but es...