It's not like somebody didn't care about what to do with 85-year-old Everet Lloyd Knabb when he died in 2000. His ashes are in a metal urn, inscribed with his birth year, death year and name — including his nickname, Jack. But who arranged that rema...

A Wheeling man fatally shot a Gurnee woman with whom he had a romantic relationship before killing himself early Sunday, Wheeling police said Monday. Travis Stephens, 37, shot Ajah Barnes, 26, and then himself about 4:50 a.m. near Lakeview Drive and...

A homeless man was jailed on drug and other charges after an investigation by Antioch police into a potentially missing woman. Larry Usher, 32, was being held Friday at the Lake County jail on $350,000 bail on charges unrelated to an original invest...

Friday MainStreet Libertyville's First Fridays: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, June 3, on Main Street in Libertyville. Music, refreshments, special discounts and more. Free. mainstreetlibertyville.org. Pixar Putt: Noon to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday an...

A day after the school massacre in Texas, Ohio teacher Renee Coley thought her sixth grade students would need time to process, so she opened class with a video about the news and started a discussion. Some students said they were sad. Some were dis...

Chicago's 30-year quest for a casino and entertainment complex is drawing to a close, amid hopes it will produce the jackpot needed to bail out police and fire pension funds. Less than three weeks after Mayor Lori Lightfoot put her chips on Bally's ...

Friday Pixar Putt: Noon to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Aug. 21 at Polk Bros. Park at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. An open-air mini-golf experience made up of 18 interactive holes inspire...

This story was updated to correct the age and hometown of the driver. Early reports from Metra were incorrect. A 41-year-old Wheeling man has been identified as the driver of a dump truck struck by a Metra train on Monday morning south of Route...

Led by grand marshal Robert Fonzino, a Vietnam War combat veteran as a first lieutenant in the United States Army and former resident of Elmhurst, some 75 entries will march in Elmhurst's 104th annual Memorial Day Parade through downtown Elmhurst on...