Thirteen intersections have been targeted for a study on whether Elgin should join the trend of installing cameras at intersections to monitor traffic -- and catch scofflaws. The Elgin City Council Wednesday night will discuss a feasibility study wi...

An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday for a middle school principal who died during a root canal at a dentist's office on Chicago's North Side. Georgette Watson of Skokie died Monday morning after going into cardiac arrest during the procedure at the ...

Christine Lavin at Fermilab Singer-songwriter Christine Lavin and the Mistletones, the West Aurora High School gospel choir and Madrigal Singers and the Fermilab Singers, will perform at 8 tonight at Ramsey Auditorium in Wilson Hall at Fermilab, Pin...

Naperville police are looking for any witnesses to a downtown accident Thursday morning between a car and a school bus. No one was injured in the crash, though the bus was full of children, but the drivers each are presenting differing accounts of w...

Chicago State University trustees have taken steps to tighten their control over school finances. The move comes after a published report this week that the university bought two copy machines in 2007 from a firm that's owned by a Chicago State empl...

Regulars working Chicago's lakefront aren't overly thrilled with the results they're getting in the yellow perch department. Those in the know usually get their limits around this time of the year, especially while throwing lures and bait from Navy ...

An Elgin man charged in a 2005 gang killing has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his admitted role in the crime -- which took the life of a Chicago teenager -- according to court records. Twenty-four-year-old William Lopez, of 222 Locust St....