The Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District will ask voters in November to approve an expansion plan in response to a residential growth spurt. The roughly 7,000-square-foot library now serves ...

Sales tax on general merchandise sold in Lake Zurich will cost a bit more beginning Jan. 1. Village officials recently ...

The Rolling Meadows Park District is about to embark on transformation of one of its biggest and most centrally-located parks ...

For an examination of who the top federal campaign donors from Illinois support this election cycle, see Monday’s Daily ...

Bears head coach Matt Eberflus met with reporters Monday at Halas Hall a day after his team came back from a 17-point deficit ...

Pope Francis received a raucous welcome Monday as he arrived in East Timor to celebrate its recovery from a bloody and ...

A man and woman from Huntley are facing a combined 92 counts of animal cruelty following a monthslong investigation that started in July after more than 50 dogs were abandoned in a Belvidere dog ...

A labor union is urging the village of Palatine to reverse its decision to terminate a public works employee. The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, AFL-CIO, announced it has filed ...

A 26-year-old Aurora man is facing a felony charge after police say he fatally struck a pedestrian in Wheaton early Sunday morning and left the scene. Jared Barnes, 25, of Glen Ellyn, was pronounced ...

Charges were pending Monday following a pair of overnight home invasions in South Barrington that led to a standoff with police. No one was hurt in the confrontation or the preceding break-ins, a ...

With a shiny yellow-and-gray streamlined passenger train in tow, the Union Pacific “Big Boy” No. 4014 steam locomotive rolled through the western suburbs Monday morning to the delight of railroad ...

A Cook County judge Monday denied Mount Prospect’s emergency request for a temporary restraining order against animal feed producer Prestige Feed Products. Although the village provided ample ...