Antioch • Thieves slashed a 12-foot by 16-foot canvas patio cover and a canvas boat cover, bent the patio cover support poles, pried open a shed padlock but did not disturb anything in the shed, and stole two fishing poles and a small white cooler b...

A longtime Mundelein resident has been hired to lead a downtown business group. Joanne M. Horton, former membership director of the GLMV Chamber of Commerce, will take over as Mundelein MainStreet's executive director. She replaces Marian Rodriguez,...

Warrenville could walk away with something extra as part of the long-awaited thorium cleanup of the DuPage River. City representatives say they would like to see a network of paths installed along the river. That is a great idea. But we would hesita...

\Family and friends from his hometown of Des Plaines rallied around Dr. Kenneth L. Piest last year when he was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia. They sponsored drives to find a bone marrow donor. Dr. Piest never found a match, and succumbe...

A United Airlines flight from Connecticut to Chicago has made an unscheduled landing in Albany, N.Y., because of a potential engine problem. Flight 791 left Bradley International Airport around 9:30 a.m. with 182 passengers and six crew members on b...

Police are looking for a man after an armed robbery at a Des Plaines restaurant Friday night. An unidentified man went to Taco Bell, 945 S. Elmhurst Road around 6:35 p.m. and displayed a sliver handgun and demanded money from the register, police sa...

A DuPage County jury this week awarded a record $12 million to a Warrenville couple whose 7-year-old son became disabled at birth. Benjamin Hayes can't speak and has no control over his limbs due to a brain injury at birth. His parents, Aaron and Mi...

Chicago isn't the front-runner for the 2016 Olympics many are making it out to be. It's not even a close second. With two years before the vote for the 2016 host, Chicago is third or fourth on the list of favorites, U.S. Olympic Committee chairman P...