Seven people have been charged with a fraud and money-laundering scheme that stole more than $50,000 from about 40 people in Naperville. The defendants did so by having two postal carriers steal credit and debit cards from the mail they were deliver...

If Ryne Sandberg's there, it's got to be a hit. The retired hall of fame Chicago Cubs second baseman, enlisted by Glenview Bank & Trust to sign autographs, is only one of the draws at the second Blocktoberfest, Oct. 2 in Glenview. Blocktoberfest r...

A Naperville man was fatally shot in Evanston Sunday, while a Chicago man was stabbed in what investigators believe is a related incident. About 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Evanston police responded to a 911 call on the 2000 block of Wesley Avenue. Officers l...

Police issued a missing person alert Tuesday night for a 73-year-old man from North Chicago. Edgar Dunbar Jr. has a condition that places him in danger, according to the alert. The alert said Dunbar was last seen Tuesday afternoon at the Captain J...

A Lake County man and registered sexual predator was charged with two felonies after buying a bus ticket for a 12-year-old North Carolina boy he intended to bring to his home near Lake Bluff, police said Monday. Jason M. Silsdorf, 36, was apprehende...

Thousands of Indian Americans gathered last week under an outdoor tent to celebrate the Hindu festival of Ganesh Chaturthi in Aurora. The festival, which began Sept. 10 and ends Tuesday, honors the birth of Lord Ganesh, known as the "Remover of Obst...

This weekend Goebbert's Fall Festival: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 31, at 42W813 Reinking Road, Pingree Grove, and 40 W. Higgins in South Barrington. Both locations have animals, mazes, wagon rides, pig races and more. See websi...

Authorities are looking for a suspect in the shooting death of two people in North Chicago early Saturday morning. North Chicago police rushed to the scene at approximately 3:30 a.m. after receiving a report of shots fired in an alleyway in the 1000...

Hospital merger NorthShore University Health System and Edward-Elmhurst Health are planning to merge and create a nine-hospital health care operation with the second-largest physician group in the state. NorthShore operates six hospi...