Key mediator Pakistan says technical-level talks between Iran and the United States on their interim deal will begin on Sunday in Brgenstock, Switzerland, with Qatari mediators also participating.

An immigrant-support group protested at the Hoffman Estates police station Friday afternoon for what leaders called the departments lack of resistance to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the village since last fall.

DuPage County has given the green-light to a long-discussed, pedestrian-activated traffic signal at the Great Western Trail and County Farm Road. Ill have to keep from dancing as I go across that crosswalk, said Don Kirchenberg, a longtime trail advocate.

No criminal charges will be filed in the death of 44-year-old Campton Hills resident Nena Peduzzi last month.

Barn fire near Wauconda kills miniature ponies and chickens, destroys building.

A real estate developer is buying land from Deer Park so it can build townhouses on the site.

Three teenagers are charged in connection with a shooting in Mount Prospect Tuesday afternoon.

Three men have been accused of robbing two women outside a Naperville grocery store early Thursday morning.

A 32-acre solar electricity-generating installation has been proposed near Sugar Grove in Kane County.

Before Fridays game against Toronto, the Cubs sent Moises Ballesteros down to Triple-A Iowa and called up outfielder Justin Dean. Ballesteros got off to a great start this season, but has struggled since May.

After a yearlong, $24 million renovation, Auroras RiverEdge Park reopens for the summer concert season with expanded capacity, better sound, two new LED screens and improved amenities, including new restrooms.

Three-time Stanley Cup champion Jonathan Toews announced his retirement on Friday, ending his playing career with 1,149 regular-season games and 137 playoff games. He made the announcement at the Jonathan Toews Sportsplex in Winnipeg -- formerly the Dakota Community Centre -- where he played for the Dakota Lazer as a child.

Metra police are investigating the death of a pedestrian who was struck by an inbound commuter train early Friday morning in Palatine.

Our annual countdown to prep football season begins with 10 of the areas top senior recruits.

Mark your calendar for Naper Nights, Libertyville Days, Taste of Des Plaines, Wood Dale Prairie Fest, Blues on the Fox, Downers Grove Rotary GroveFest and more.

Arlington Heights social district pilot program is set to launch in August within the existing Arlington Alfresco area. Patrons will be able to take drinks to go from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

More than 100 people gathered outside Mundelein village hall Thursday evening to demand justice for a local woman who was fatally shot by police during a reported mental health crisis at her family's home.

A federal jury convicted a Libertyville chiropractor Friday on healthcare fraud charges for billing a private insurer for nonexistent services.

Fullersburg Woods oozes history. The U.S. Department of the Interior agrees, adding nearly 177 acres of the forest preserve in Oak Brook to the National Register of Historic Places.

Cook County faces a $550 million budget shortfall next year that will require careful planning and difficult decisions, county officials said this week in a preliminary budget forecast.

A 17-year-old teen is being detained pretrial, accused of stealing more than $1,000 of items from an Oakbrook Center store, then fleeing police at high speeds.

Longtime Des Plaines Public Library board President Gregory Sarlo has died.

Six months after the Naperville City Council pulled the plug on plans for a data center along Warrenville Road, the same developer is eyeing the nearby former BP campus, officials have confirmed.

Hoffman Estates village board members have approved a guaranteed maximum price of just over $15.5 million for construction of the new Fire Station 22 next to Hoffman Estates Community Bank on Higgins Road.

A 7-year-old child died Wednesday night in a pond in Lake in the Hills.