Flynn McRoberts

Police were searching Tuesday for a man who allegedly kidnapped a 37-year-old Hanover Park man and forced him to drive his vehicle to Chicago`s South Side before stealing the auto,...

The body of a 71-year-old Des Plaines man was exhumed this week after the man`s son told police that he had suspicions about the nature of his father`s death, according...

Go green, or pay through your nose. That was the message Tuesday as the McHenry County Board approved the state`s first countywide law requiring residents to recycle their garbage. Those...

And then there were six. Aldermen looking to redraw the city`s ward boundaries managed to whittle down the number of proposed maps. But they will have to return Monday for...

You can judge a gang by its colors. That`s part of the thinking behind a new ordinance in Roselle allowing police officers to stop and question anyone wearing ''known gang...

The people who live on Ascot Lane in a Streamwood housing development say Wednesday evening was typical. Children played outside in the dusk. Parents fixed dinner or performed other chores...

In an effort to make the streets of Schaumburg safer, the Illinois Department of Transportation has awarded the village`s police department a grant of more than $95,000 for a program...

A possible settlement in the Max Chaney case was delayed Tuesday when a Cook County Juvenile Court judge sought to ensure that consolidation of the case in the domestic relations...

Disputes over life insurance proceeds and visitation rights in the case of Max Chaney are likely to be settled at a court hearing Tuesday, an attorney involved in the case...

Confronted with a choice between duty and family in 1987 when floodwaters appeared to threaten his home, Clifford Launius opted for family. Launius, then a Des Plaines police officer, left...