The blotter Antioch • Vandals damaged a 1990 Pontiac van Aug. 29 parked in a driveway on the 43000 block of Lake Avenue, police said. Damage was estimated at $200. Deer Park • Thieves stole a credit card around 10 a.m. Aug. 17 from a victim at Max a...

Just six years after emigrating from India to America to give their sons better lives, two Hoffman Estates parents said a final goodbye to one son Monday. Ayush Joshi, 20, of Hoffman Estates died from injuries sustained in a car crash on Thursday in...

To the editor: It's rather sad that it sometimes takes a disaster to bring out a sense of community in people -- to get people relating to one another. In our recent extensive power loss, at least on the 500 block of Lincoln Lane, people left their ...

A St. Charles teenager has been charged with reckless homicide two months after a crash that killed a South Elgin man on a motorcycle. Erika N. Scoliere, 18, of 3N935 Emily Dickinson Lane, St. Charles, was charged on a warrant with drunken driving a...

My column two weeks ago headlined "Mothers Club a big part of the community" prompted an e-mail from North Aurora Lions Club president Bob Strusz, who wanted to be sure that the Lions were noticed too. Now is a great time to talk about Lions activit...

Batavia • Angelica N. Sanders, 19, 2898 Conrad Road, Rochelle; and Paul H. Washington, 18, 1534 Grand Drive, Unit 2, DeKalb, were both arrested on a charge of retail theft at 7:48 p.m. Thursday at Target, 115 N. Randall Road, according to a police r...

Carpentersville • Police on patrol at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday say they saw a man hiding in the shadows of a home on the 100 block of Birch Street. The man was searched and a bag containing 0.16 grams of cocaine was found in his right front pocket, a repo...

Jewelry fundraiser: The Libertyville High School Varsity Poms will hold a jewelry fundraiser today and Friday. The event will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at 133 W. Lincoln in Libertyville (three blocks south of Ro...

After listening to 10 weeks of testimony and arguments in Chicago's biggest mob trial in years, jurors began deliberating the fate of five defendants Tuesday. Jurors have much evidence to consider, having heard from more than 100 witnesses, listened...