Improvement projects at a Mundelein park and a forest preserve in Winthrop Harbor are among the Lake County plans left in limbo by Gov. Bruce Rauner's suspension of park grants while he tries to fix the state budget. As recently as January, 72 comm...

New suburban state lawmakers were sworn in Wednesday afternoon, preparing to take on the serious challenges that face Illinois. But the new jobs also mean spending a lot of time away from home and family, setting up new offices, and learning to adap...

As Gov. Bruce Rauner grapples with the opening days of his administration, most of the changes among the lawmakers he'll work with are on the Republican side of the Illinois House, where a handful of longtime suburban faces are leaving office today....

Second of two parts. Shoulder to shoulder, police officers line a suburban street. Black helmets cover their faces and bulletproof vests shield their torsos. Over one shoulder hangs an M-16 military rifle, in one hand a flashlight or baton. The...

The small Northern suburb of Winthrop Harbor has used the Law Enforcement Support Office program a little differently than most - to create an air support system that has flown hundreds of helicopter rescue missions from Milwaukee to New Orleans. Wi...

First of two parts. Sixteen law enforcement agencies in Illinois asked the federal government for a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle — the armored vehicles that protect soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan from improvised explosive device b...

Republican Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner offered to drive to McHenry County to see Democratic state Rep. Jack Franks on his home turf. But the two settled on a meeting at Rauner's transition headquarters in Chicago. The incoming governor had promised to w...