Officials: Scary clown sightings surface in suburbs Following a nationwide trend, reports of scary clown sightings have surfaced in the suburbs. In Waukegan, three people dressed in clown masks taunted children at recess Tuesday afternoon outsi...

Taxpayers in 49 suburbs will spend $261,974 this year for top municipal administrators to drive around in their own cars. Most village managers and city administrators in the suburbs use their own cars to get around during work and receive allowance...

Addison Democrat Kathleen Willis calls the six-month stopgap budget she supported in the Illinois House a Band-Aid that "nobody liked." "Whether you were a Democrat or a Republican, you were hitting your head against the wall saying, 'Something's go...

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How can Illinois address a staggering, roughly $111 billion shortfall in its pension system? The candidates for the state's 45th House District seat offer sharply different fixes. The race pits Cynthia Borbas, a Carol Stream Democrat and political n...

In Challenge 7, home cooks Martha Garmon and Alexandra Zades of Schaumburg were faced with tilapia, scallions, cauliflower and turmeric, courtesy of Amita Health. In Challenge 8, cooks Christina Anderson-Heller of Wood Dale and Sylvia Schafer of Ca...

Demonstrations expected when Trump visits Bolingbrook For a few hours today, Bolingbrook will become the epicenter of the political world when Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump lands in the suburbs for a fundraiser expected to draw demons...

A suspect is in custody after robbing a bank Monday in Warrenville and two other banks this summer in Glendale Heights and Carol Stream, according to the FBI. And authorities said the Warrenville robbery occurred less than an hour before they respon...