Brendan Mccarthy

A Crystal Lake woman was charged Thursday with providing alcohol to minors, including two teens who died in a crash last month after leaving her house. Jeffrey Mills, 17, had...

Bail was set at $2 million Tuesday for an Elgin man charged in the death of his estranged wife, whom he ran over with his sport-utility vehicle last weekend in...

Jackie the fox snake may be harmless, but lately, she has been a fighter. After melanoma cancer crept up late last year on Jackie, a fixture at Volo Bog State...

For the last 26 years, Dan Lane has enrolled in a ceramics or a sculpture class each semester at Harper College in Palatine. At 86, Lane doesn't need the credits,...

A Roman Catholic priest at a West Side church was charged Saturday with molesting two preteen boys at the church in several incidents since 2001, authorities said. Rev. Daniel J....

The snowmaking machine in Schaumburg was shooting water. Some die-hards in snowshoes were gliding on grass in Mt. Vernon, and a few intrepid ski jumpers were landing on plastic in...

An Evanston company that makes a synthetic blood substitute intended to aid critically injured people, including soldiers, has been awarded $3.5 million in federal military funding to conduct clinical trials....

A Hampshire woman's miniature Christmas book has been raising money for cancer patients. Lillian Pagni, 74, started writing "The Christmas Tree That Never Was" in 2002, after the death of...

Stephen Kahn leaned his shoulder into the rear door of his 2002 Volvo station wagon Thursday morning, crumpling the corner of one brightly wrapped present as he forced the door...

Waiting for a train to Chicago or Elgin has become a bit more pleasant these days for commuters in Schaumburg, with a roomier station and more protection from the elements....