Carri Karuhn

Although the largest election in Illinois history did not deliver record numbers to the polls, Tuesday's balloting brought defeat to one Chicago alderman, while a write-in candidate appeared to upset...

A civil suit that alleged Hoffman Estates discriminates against women and African-Americans when granting promotions in the Police Department has been dismissed. Florene Powell, the only black police officer on...

One day after health officials alerted the public to a spate of recent deaths involving an aggressive form of strep infection, hundreds of concerned patients flowed into area hospitals and...

A masked gunman walked into a one-room alternative school Thursday afternoon in Elgin and opened fire on a 14-year-old boy, killing him before running out to a waiting getaway car,...

The Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County has an extra $25 million this year to pay heating bills and is looking to help qualified residents. The money comes...

Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson, who doubles as the village's liquor commissioner, will decide within five working days the fate of six local businesses that allegedly sold or served alcohol to...

The Village of Schaumburg tried for seven years to close a controversial nightclub where police have responded to problems ranging from drug sales to a fatal shooting. On Wednesday, it...

The weekend blizzard dropped more snow in a 24-hour period than the Chicago area has ever seen, but by Sunday afternoon, life was looking downright normal in the northwest suburbs...

Monday was the last day to file nominating petitions for the Feb. 23 municipal primary, but Elgin voters will be the only ones in the northwest suburbs going to the...

Buffalo Grove Mayor Sidney Mathias, freshly elected to the Illinois House, said Monday that he will give up the mayor's office next April rather than try to do both elected...