Police are seeking the man who shot a Lemont man in a road rage crime. A Washington man who sold the gun used in an Oak Brook murder is indicted. A teacher from Bensenville is charged with exploiting a child. McHenry County sues gang members. Elk Grove Village wants a second Busse Woods bridge over Higgins Road. A Pekingese wins Westminster.

Is College of DuPage-Glen Ellyn spat over? A multiyear dispute between the College of DuPage and the village of Glen Ellyn looks to be over as the two entities reached a tentative agreement over who has jurisdiction over the college if anyone. The ...

Former Westmont Fire Chief Frank Trout was found not guilty Wednesday of driving drunk in a December accident. Trout, 67, was acquitted of misdemeanor DUI by DuPage County Judge Liam Brennan after a bench trial. At the same court appearance, Trout ...

Blizzard flashback A year ago today, the suburbs were snow-dazed with the third-largest snowstorm since 1886. On this anniversary, we look back at some of the suburban tales of the Blizzard of 2011: a man trapped for 16 hours on Route 72 near H...

Westmont's former fire chief testified Wednesday that he had been drinking, but was not drunk when he drove into a parked car in December. Frank Trout, 67, is facing a misdemeanor DUI charge stemming from the Dec. 30 accident about a mile from his ...

A doctor facing child pornography charges in DuPage County was temporarily stripped of his medical license Tuesday after a state agency found his alleged conduct constituted “an immediate danger to the public.” Dr. Hugo Alvarez of Willow Springs wi...

Boy finds human skull near driveway, police find another Investigators from the Bull Valley Police Department and McHenry County coroner's office and an Indianapolis forensic pathologist continue to try to decode two human skulls found near a Bull ...

In November, authorities say, Dr. Hugo Alvarez took an external hard drive in for service at a computer store in Westmont. Two days later, police arrived at his doorstep with a search warrant. Now Alvarez — who has practiced internal medicine at Ch...

My I-PASS is sulking. “Use me,” it seems to say, pouting. “You love to speed along on I-355. What's with this inferior road? What's with the stoplights? And the potholes? Use me.” I ignore the whining and drive on. Since the Illinois State Toll High...