National Night Out is an annual event intended to bring communities together and help build relationship between residents and law enforcement. For more information, visit natw.org. Most areas celebrate National Night Out on the first Tuesday in Au...

Officials at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital near Barrington declined to explain how in two days two patients managed to leave the emergency department and go missing, and one ended up dead. A 35-year-old Fox River Grove man left the hospital before...

This weekend 2022 Fan Expo Chicago: 4-9 p.m. Thursday, July 7; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 8-9; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Road, Rosemont. Among the 200-plus cele...

Editor's note: This file has been updated to reflect events that have been canceled. CANCELED: Family Days: 7:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Jewett Park, 836 Jewett Park Drive, Deerfield. Monday events include Rotary 5K race, breakfast in the park, arts ...

Friday, July 1 MainStreet Libertyville's First Fridays: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, July 1, on Main Street in Libertyville. Music, refreshments, special discounts and more. Free. mainstreetlibertyville.org. Lunch in the Park: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fr...

A Schaumburg man is facing multiple charges after he dragged an Island Lake police officer with his vehicle for half a mile earlier this month, authorities said Wednesday. Lanord D. Miles, 29, has been charged with aggravated battery to a police off...

Barrington village board members listened Monday as Village Manager Scott Anderson outlined the advantages of home rule. Whether trustees will take up the banner remains to be seen. The village board would have to decide by Aug. 22 to put the quest...

District 9, Democrats: Trevor The Democratic primary for Cook County commissioner of the 9th District - which includes parts of Elk Grove Village, Wheeling and Palatine, and Maine Township, and which will be vacated by Peter Silvestri after 28 ...

Whether the federal government should play a bigger role in curbing violent crime across the nation — and whether stronger gun control laws ought to be a part of that — was recently discussed by candidates in the Republican primary for the 8th Congr...