Longtime South Barrington Police Chief Thomas Roman will retire this summer. Roman, 70, who has led the department since 2014, will step down June 28. He announced his pending departure at Thursday night’s village board meeting and in an email to sta...

Get in the spring spirit with egg hunts for kids, dogs and even adults; breakfasts and lunches with the Bunny; and even a helicopter egg drop. Here’s a sampling of upcoming events across the suburbs.

With St. Patrick's Day falling on a Sunday, most bars and restaurants are planning a weekend of activities and specials. So gear up in your best green and get ready to celebrate with music, corned beef, green beer and more.

From 1950 until 2023, 11 tornadoes occurred in the Chicago area during the month of February, according to the National Weather Service in Romeoville whose forecast area includes 18 counties in northeast Illinois and five in northwest Indiana. On Tue...

At least 11 tornadoes touched down in the Chicago region during Tuesday night’s severe thunderstorms, likely contributing to the damaged buildings, fallen trees and general mayhem that greeted many suburbanites as they ventured from their homes the f...

Severe thunderstorms pummeled parts of Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana, including a few potential tornado touchdowns across Chicago-area suburbs, the National Weather Service reported Tuesday night. Damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph and heavy ...

Three men have been charged with stealing trucks, an SUV and a flatbed trailer in three suburbs and Chicago. Kamil Spieczynski, Sebastian Nawrot, and Mateusz Wojtowicz face charges in DuPage County, according to a news release from the Elmhurst Polic...

Police are searching for two men suspected of stealing a semi-tractor truck in Elmhurst and driving it to South Barrington overnight Tuesday. Elmhurst police say they and Illinois State Police stopped the truck and a sedan used in the theft. Three me...

Illinois will launch an intake center in Chicago for migrants being transported here from Texas, state officials announced Wednesday. The facility will be within Chicago’s city-run bus landing zone near the Maxwell Street Market on the Near West Sid...

Buffalo Grove is ready to join other suburbs in passing an ordinance to deter unscheduled drop-offs of migrants from the southern border. The village board is expected to vote Tuesday on a measure that would require a “complete and accurate applicati...