Karen M. Thomas

Cook County Sheriff Richard Elrod was endorsed for re-election Sunday by 63 suburban mayors as his opponent, Republican James O`Grady, ventured onto traditional Democratic turf looking for crossover votes in...

Students at 11 north and northwest suburban high schools scored above state and national averages in college entrance examinations scores, according to the first state-required report cards. That fact that...

As communities along the Des Plaines River Sunday began the long, arduous task of cleaning up from the flood, many village residents praised the scores of volunteers who kept the...

With more rain predicted, the slowly rising Fox River put residents of Kane County on floodwatch Tuesday night, bracing for the same problems that have caused parts of the Chicago...

Lake County was declared a state disaster area Sunday by Gov. James Thompson as a result of the torrential downpours late last week that flooded streams and rivers, chased nearly...

Elgin police on Monday were investigating reports that one of two youths found slain over the weekend may have been involved in a plan to sell stolen property. The bodies...

The bodies of two Elgin teenagers, both shot once in the head, were found lying side by side in an isolated area near Elgin Sunday morning by a man and...