Film critics notebook: The After Hours Film Society presents "Flowers," an adult drama about love and memory at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. In Basque, with English subtitles. afterhoursfilms...

Niles West classmates recall Garland as overachiever On Wednesday, as President Barack Obama introduced Merrick Garland, a Niles West High School graduate, as his nominee to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court. Find out what he was like fr...

The two Democratic challengers looking to unseat Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez in Tuesday's primary say the county's criminal justice system is broken, but disagree on how to fix it and who's best suited for the job. The primary for Coo...

A 64-year-old Wauconda man was killed in a three-vehicle crash involving a dump truck in Port Barrington Friday, authorities said. Eric Norton was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at Roberts and Darrell roads, the Lake County sheriff's offi...

K-9 who bit Elk Grove police handler could return to service Despite his biting a police officer, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois named Sem could be offered to another law enforcement agency after getting additional training from the Indiana ken...

A 24-year-old musician and former honor roll student at Wauconda High School was killed Saturday when his car went off the road and hit two large trees in South Barrington. Dieter Moreno, of an unincorporated area near Island Lake, was traveling nor...

Horse, pony visit terminally ill Arlington Heights woman — in her house Arlington Heights resident Carole Knanishu had both a horse and a pony visit her in her home Tuesday. The terminally ill 73-year-old has suffered from multiple sclerosis fo...