A section of Route 176 in Mundelein will be closed to traffic for three weeks starting Friday because of utility work.

The final piece of the East Dundee renovation of Bartels Park on the Fox River a self-service, app-automated kiosk for renting kayaks is ready for use.

A Cook County man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to robbing six suburban banks and brandishing a firearm at workers and customers was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Edgy Tim OHalloran lists the prep football player of the year candidates for the Daily Herald coverage area.

The Cubs on Sunday agreed to acquire veteran starter Kevin Gausman from the Toronto Blue Jays, adding postseason experience to their rotation, team and league sourcestold The Athletic.

Vernon Hills is turning the corner on a project to connect, unify and improve two existing buildings into a cohesive and welcoming police campus.

A federal appeals court has upheld the 10-year prison sentence given to a Northwest suburban doctor who authorities say performed numerous unnecessary medical procedures on unknowing patients in order to increase her bills.

After more than a decade of delays, the city of Aurora has some possible plans to reduce vehicle noise by next summer for residents living along Orchard Road.

A group of Aurora residents submitted petitions with just under 9,000 signatures Friday to add two recall referendum questions to the citys November ballot, leaders of the group said.

Batavia is assessing the exterior conditions of about 75 historic properties in its downtown as part of the citys historic preservation efforts.

Elizabeth and Guillermo Barrientos will showcase their Argentine and Italian heritage with their new tapas and wine bar, SUR Barrels & Boards, in Dream Hall in downtown Elgin.

Special interest groups have given more than $4 million to congressional candidates running in the North, West or Northwest suburbs this cycle

Hidden amid the sticker shock of the Illinois tollways proposed 57% hike on passenger vehicle rates beginning next year is a biannual cost-of-living increase that would follow. Heres what that would look like.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Sunday he will run for mayor of Chicago, ending over a year of speculation and making official his frontrunner status in the already-crowded field.

The Seattle Mariners on Saturday agreed to trade Luis Castillo to the Chicago White Sox for Seranthony Domnguez, Nolan Jones and Boston Smith, a league source told The Athletic on the condition of anonymity because the deal has not yet been announced.

The defense is a potential pitfall for the 2026 Bears. Cornerback Jaylon Johnson acknowledged as much after Saturdays practice, where the defense did well.

Eight tornadoes that touched down in Illinois last week helped establish Illinois as the nations leader for tornadic activity this year.

Stephanie Bolanos hopes to attend law school someday. The 20-year-old Mundelein High School graduate already has gained a fine head start a bill introduced by state Rep. Daniel Didech, based on an idea she proposed as his intern, now is Illinois law.

Tuesday marked 10 years of the transformation of the former Motorola Solutions campus in Schaumburg into todays mixed-use Veridian development with the anniversary of the 225-acre land purchase by developer UrbanStreet Group.

As cyclosporiasis cases spike in Illinois, medical experts advise residents to avoid certain types of lettuce and take basic precautions. Its something that should be on peoples radar, one doctor says.

Headless Horseman Arcade in Wheeling has permanently shut down.

After nearly eight years in the minor leagues with five organizations, left-handed pitcher Antoine Kelly, a Maine East grad and Des Plaines native, finally got the call to join the Cubs.

Thousands of immigrant children who arrived in the U.S. without parents are losing their legal representation, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Bill Foster said Friday.

City and suburban residents will see an uptick in the Regional Transit Authority sales tax Saturday as a provision of a major public transportation overhaul goes into effect.

Two Mundelein-area men accused of killing and dismembering another man will remain in Lake County jail while their cases are pending, a Lake County judge ordered Friday. Authorities believe 51-year-old Ruslan Furman was beaten to death last fall. His remains have not been recovered.