Authorities have identified Kirk T. Kralovetz, 39, as the Round Lake man killed early Sunday morning when his car was rear-ended by a truck on Interstate 355 in Addison. Kralovetz was pronounced dead at the hospital after the crash, which occurred a...

William Ames Recktenwald, 79, of Karbers Ridge, Illinois, and formerly of Chicago, died peacefully on Friday at the Linda White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana, after a brief illness. "Reck," as so many knew him, had been the senior lecturer in...

Illinois State Police charged two men with armed robbery and unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle after a Wednesday robbery of a DeKalb gas station, according to an ISP news release Thursday. Police responded to reports of an armed robbery at th...

A Chicago police officer who was fatally shot during a routine traffic stop was remembered Thursday for a brief career marked by compassion; for her fellow officers, a one-year-old gunshot victim she sped to a hospital, and the stray dogs she ferrie...

New Aurora top cop Keith Cross recently took over the reins from Police Chief Kristen Ziman, who retired after a 30-year career with the department. Cross was sworn in Wednesday at his alma mater, East Aurora High School, to lead a police force of a...

College of Lake County will give $100 checks to fall semester students with one string attached: proof of vaccination against COVID-19. The college announced the incentive last Thursday morning to entice, but not require, students to get their shots...

Destructive storms strike suburbs At least six tornadoes ripped through the Western suburbs Monday night in Ogle, DeKalb and Kane counties. On Plank Road in Burlington, the one family's home lost a good chunk of their roof while 18 t...