Carolyn Starks

Thanks to a military surplus program, the McHenry County sheriff's office has added a 12-ton armored vehicle to its fleet of squad cars. The lumbering vehicle is 8 feet tall,...

The students board school bus No. 203 in the morning like little robots with backpacks. Up three steps and turn. They greet Mary Raithel, a familiar face behind the wheel...

Dave Warren calls the two-story building his home office. Others might consider it a landmark of sorts. Warren, a lover of history and a longtime woodworker, wanted to move his...

Three pit bulls broke out of their home near Cary Saturday afternoon and attacked several people in the neighborhood, severely injuring a 10-year-old boy, before police shot and killed the...

Celebrities weren't as plentiful in Houston as they were at U.S. Cellular Field over the weekend. But actor Matthew McConaughey caused a stir when he left his private box and...

Mike Vanderwyst and Jeffrey Frye's foray into filmmaking began with $25,000. Toss in a rented camera, an unpaid crew, 50 volunteer actors, rolls of plastic, chocolate syrup, red food coloring--the...

Ryan Cumpston of Crystal Lake spent his summer break from Northern Illinois University at the top of the world. For three weeks, the senior geology major studied the effects of...

James Churchill's quiet fishing trip looked more like a scene from a B-grade horror film. The Island Lake resident pulled a 1-pound piranha this month from Bangs Lake in Wauconda....

Any buyer interested in a house for sale in Huntley for $1 should read the fine print. A century-old farmhouse is on sale for a buck, but the new owner...

When producers of ABC's "Extreme Makeover" were searching for a style host, they found a guy from the northwest suburbs who had the ability to mix his Midwestern charm with...