Ben Grove

The Illinois attorney general's office announced on Wednesday that a village sign-maker has agreed to pay $42,500 for several environmental violations, including storing hazardous waste without a permit. The attorney...

Police have arrested two more men for drag racing on what is probably the village's most popular stretch for local and out-of-state speedsters. Police apprehended David Gagner, 19, of Bloomingdale,...

Police were searching for three suspects Monday in connection with the robbery of a Citgo gas station at Higgins Road and Cumberland Avenue. Police said two men entered the station...

The driver of a flatbed truck carrying a load of bricks escaped with only minor injuries Tuesday morning after his vehicle hit a train, McHenry County sheriff's police said. Douglas...

Metra is bracing for July 3, its busiest day of the year, because of Chicago's Independence Day fireworks display at Grant Park. The commuter line is adding extra coaches and...

Mayors and village presidents have selected the seven commissioners who will represent the suburbs on the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission. Four incumbents retained their seats: Libertyville Mayor Jo Ann Eckmann,...

With rosary beads clutched in their hands, Catholics concerned about Cardinal Joseph Bernardin's health flocked Saturday to Holy Name Cathedral on the Near North Side and churches across the region...

The cause of an apartment fire early Thursday that injured one person, put 16 families out of their homes and took more than three hours to put out was under...

Residents, who for years have been banned from using "mechanical amusement devices," may soon get their chance to step into batting cages and golf simulators. Since the 1960s, the village...

Even on days like Sunday, when high winds, choppy water and thick, gray-bottomed clouds kept many boaters off the Fox River and Pistakee Lake, the McHenry County Sheriff's boat patrol...