Carri Karuhn

A Western Springs woman who apparently made a quick decision to stop for cigarettes Monday afternoon wound up driving her vehicle through the plate-glass window of a pizza parlor, according...

The Department of Children and Family Services is investigating an incident in which nine children were left home alone in two apartments, police said. Police received a call Saturday from...

The Village Board approved a $30,000 marketing plan Monday night designed to increase the commercial tax base by $2 million by the year 2000. The commercial base is roughly $5...

Just hours after a car had been reported stolen in Prospect Heights, police caught four teens driving the vehicle and also driving another car that had been stolen moments earlier,...

It was a busy night for the infrastructure. Crumbling sidewalks, curbs and gutters-those eyesores that afflict the front yards of homes, stores and apartments-will be repaired under a citywide project...

A lot of finger-pointing went on at the Tuesday night Village Board meeting as residents presented the board with their concerns about wetlands erosion in the Tunbridge Subdivision. Residents said...

One teenager has been upgraded to serious condition and another is still in critical condition after the pair and two others were involved in a one-car accident Sunday evening, police...

Investigators Monday were trying to determine what started a fire that caused $80,000 damage to a house Sunday. The Fire Department responded to a call at 1002 N. Drury Lane,...

A local man faces three counts of aggravated assault for allegedly pointing a BB gun that appeared to be a semiautomatic handgun at his ex-girlfriend and her two companions, and...

More than 100 years ago, a tiny train depot was built next to the Elgin National Watch Factory for the convenience of employees. By 1932, the trains stopped carrying passengers....