New wedge barriers installed in downtown Elgin will be deployed for the first time this weekend on Riverside Drive. The safety barriers will be raised at each end of Riverside Drive every Friday at 3 ...
A St. Charles man has been accused of distributing child sexual abuse material on the Kik instant messaging app. Corey J. McDonald, 29, of the 1500 block of East Main Street, is charged with dissemina...
“Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” — 3 stars “Are we racists?” That’s the blunt question posed by Bobo, a white girl living on a farm in Africa, to her horrified (and defensive)...
It’s funny how our government held a big press conference for National Ice Cream Day, with officials praising ice cream like it’s a health food. They don’t mention how the saturated fat and suga...
More than a dozen people were hurt, including nine who were hospitalized, after a transport van smashed into an electric pole Saturday night in McHenry, authorities said. First responders from the McH...
Hundreds of people lined Kimball Street in Elgin on Thursday afternoon, carrying signs and chanting as part of the nationwide series of “Good Trouble Lives On” protests. The national day of protes...
The Lake in the Hills Rockin’ Rotary Ribfest was back at it Saturday after dangerous weather caused the event to be canceled Friday evening. The smell of mouthwatering barbecue and sound of Everett ...
A Lincolnshire-area man is accused of strangling a woman and cutting her with a knife Wednesday evening in an apartment near Lake Bluff. Lake County sheriff’s deputies responded to the apartment in ...
The wait is almost over. The Bears will return to the practice field on July 23 when they hold their first training camp practice under new head coach Ben Johnson. Over two weeks, we are counting down...
How much pressure is on Ryan Poles this season? It depends on whom you ask. The Bears’ general manager was given a three-year contract extension, providing him with stability with the team for the n...
A motorcyclist who died from injuries as a result of a crash early Saturday in an unincorporated area near Gurnee has been identified as Andrew Ryan, 27, of Grayslake. Authorities said Ryan was riding...
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A New York official rejected Texas’s latest attempt to penalize a doctor who allegedly prescribed abortion pills to a Dallas woman — the latest clash in a legal battle expected to make its way to ...
A judge has sentenced a suburban bank robber to seven years and eight months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Robert W. Gettleman issued the sentence against Charles Lawler, of Villa Park, who p...