An investigation continued Friday into the cause and origin of a fire that resulted in $250,000 damage to house in Tower Lakes. One person suffered minor injuries and a dog was missing overnight after the fire, authorities said. Firefighters from th...

A Palatine school district's plan to increase security by hiring retired police officers to serve as armed clerical workers is drawing mixed reviews from police, parents and experts. Palatine Township Elementary District 15 Superintendent Scott Thom...

Palatine Township Elementary District 15 Superintendent Scott Thompson will pursue a plan to use armed retired police officers in schools serving younger children in what he said would be an effort to boost building security. District 15 school boar...

When it came to organized crime in Illinois, Chicago-based Prohibition-era gangsters loomed large during the 1920s and 1930s. Al Capone, Frank Nitti, Lester “Baby Face Nelson” Gillis, Jack “Machine Gun” McGurn and George “Bugs” Moran earned internat...

Editor's note: This story has been changed to reflect that Peter Rim's friend, Kurt Anderson, was not driving the vehicle, as initially reported, but he was a passenger. Friends of Peter Rim, the suburban restaurateur shot and killed Thursday i...

A South Barrington resident and Lake in the Hills restaurateur was shot in the head Thursday morning while riding in a vehicle on Chicago's Northwest Side. Chicago police said Peter Rim, 46, was riding in the passenger seat of a vehicle traveling we...

Suburban fraternal groups striving to draw crowds to their venues soon might imitate McHenry Veterans of Foreign War Post 4600, where a recent high-stakes Queen of Hearts raffle created quite the buzz. Lake in the Hills American Legion Post 1231 is ...

Barrington voters will decide next month if the village should enact a 1 percent local sales tax that elected officials say is needed to provide a steady income source for infrastructure improvements. Officials say the infrastructure funding no lon...

This weekend Fall Color Festival and Scarecrow Trail: 7 a.m. to sunset daily through Oct. 31 at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Route 53, Lisle. See scarecrow creations from local Scout troops set up around Meadow Lake and vote for your favorite. Fr...