Carolyn Rusin

A man who police said was driving drunk crashed his SUV into a Wheeling house Sunday and then fled, leaving behind personal belongings that included his wallet, authorities said Monday....

As attempted jailbreaks go, this one was pure headache. A man allegedly attempting to escape from the Lake County Courthouse this week tried to throw himself through a window of...

A homeless McHenry County man in trouble with the law will have a roof over his head for the next six months after making an obscene gesture to the judge...

With the official start of summer here and the road-clogging 4th of July holiday approaching, local police departments are redoubling their efforts to pull impaired drivers off the roads. "We...

A Barrington High School senior was charged over the weekend with raping two female students, one of them a minor, authorities said Monday. The attacks occurred at a house in...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS Surveillance cameras added to Metra stop Police surveillance cameras are expected to begin operating Friday at the Metra commuter station in downtown Arlington Heights. The cameras are intended...

One of Alexis Porreca's favorite play spots was the 3-foot-high rock perched in the frontyard of her Des Plaines home. Another, a neighbor recalled Wednesday, was the wooden swing that...

After kicking out the rear window of a Des Plaines police car, a combative and intoxicated teenager was moved to another squad car, where he kicked the plexiglass partition so...

Two Carpentersville men have been charged with shooting a 19-year-old store employee in the parking lot of the Spring Hill Mall, police said Friday. Juan C. Garcia, 18, of the...

An early Easter and a late snowfall threatened area Easter egg hunts Saturday, but a little foul weather didn't stop Lilly Hicks. The 6-year-old -- who noticed right away the...