A body was recovered from inside a car that drove into the north pond at Busse Woods Forest Preserve near Elk Grove Village Monday afternoon. Divers also searched the water for other possible victims, but determined there were none, Elk Grove Villag...

Antioch • Burglars stole a walk-behind leaf blower, an expandable pole saw, portable propane heater, rototiller, battery charger and two full 5-gallon gas cans overnight Oct. 16-17 out of a garage at a home on the 42600 block of Linden Lane, police ...

Authorities say a driver in his 80s struck and killed a mother and her two small children as they crossed a Chicago street. Police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor says the accident Saturday afternoon on the North Side also injured a third child. Taylor sai...

The blotter Fox Lake • Thieves stole a gun bag and 22-caliber semi-automatic handgun around 3:30 p.m. Oct. 15 out of an unlocked home under repair on the 100 block of Bay Road, police said. Value was estimated at $152. Grayslake • Vandals smashed th...

Naperville's Citizens Appreciate Public Safety board is honoring five of the city's firefighter/paramedics at a dinner ceremony Friday. Chuck Gros, George Hyland Jr., Robert Edward Jones, Bill Kostelny and Amy Scheller will receive the awards that s...

Edmund Edwards was on a hot streak during a dice game outside a Carpentersville apartment complex May 1, 2005. Shortly thereafter, the 25-year-old Chicago Ridge man was dead from a bullet in his back, clutching $140 in his hand with another $670 in ...

Anthony Altieri Jr. of Wheeling was named Illinois Veteran of the Month on Tuesday by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Altieri has spent decades as an advocate for veterans with AMVETS, fundraising for veterans rehabilitation programs and helping highlight the...