McHenry police took to Facebook on New Year's Day to post a funny video of an officer's encounter with a feisty squirrel that was bound and determined to barge its way into the police station. “We figured people here in McHenry would see it and that...

The conviction of a disbarred Northwest suburban attorney for a 45-year-old homicide that authorities initially ruled an accident; guilty pleas from three defendants involved in the racially tinged attack on a suburban teen streamed live on social m...

Every year around this time, we reach out to Northwest suburban mayors and village presidents and ask them to tell us something their community accomplished in the year gone by and something they hope accomplish in the year ahead. Today, we share th...

It took a village - three villages to be precise - to recover an Algonquin dog that had been missing for more than two months. For weeks, dozens of signs were posted at intersections, hundreds of flyers were distributed in various neighborhoods and ...

Heavy competition has emerged for elected positions in some suburbs after Monday's deadline for candidates to get their names on the April 2 ballot. In the quirky category, Wheeling Village President Pat Horcher's daughter, Asher, filed paperwork t...

An idea to have armed retired police officers working front-office jobs to boost security at grade schools has been placed on hold at Palatine Township Elementary District 15. Following strong community feedback for and against the proposal since it...

Contested village board and city council races are taking shape across the Northwest suburbs, with crowded contests already in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Rolling Meadows and Des Plaines. Candidates for April 2 municipal races started filing p...

Illinois boasts a hair-raising history rife with spine-tingling stories — and that's just with politics. The state's heritage brims with tall tales of mythic beasts, spooky legends and ghost stories. A few favorites, running roughly from north to ...

In the wake of voters rejecting a ballot proposal seeking a 1 percent local sales tax, Barrington village board members plan to study other options for creating a reliable income stream to fund road projects. Village officials wanted a sales tax to ...

When does the holiday season officially begin. Some say it's on Black Friday, or when they put down one last fork of pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving night. Others say it's when Santa Claus arrives at the mall, which in the case of Woodfield Mall in Scha...