Escapee from Elgin Mental Health Center to get fitness hearing
An Elgin Mental Health Center prisoner who managed to escape from custody earlier this month is due back in court next week for a fitness status hearing, a judge ordered...
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Local health care outreach program to Muslims ends with Ramadan
As the holy month of Ramadan comes to a close on Monday, an annual outreach program aimed at educating Chicago-area Muslims about the importance of health care is finishing up...
Owners raise questions over alleged police shooting of dog
A family dog was allegedly shot and killed in front of a 6-year-old girl by a police officer in southwest suburban Hometown Friday afternoon. The dog's owners said their one-year-old...
‘Cooler than normal’ July to continue this week
After possible showers Sunday night, the Chicago area work week, and the last week of July, will begin with more of this summer's rather comfortable temperatures. At this time of...
ISAT math scores at Richmond School are promising, officials say
St. Charles Community Unit School District 303's worst-performing school appears to be making a bit of a comeback in math achievement, though work remains to be done, district officials said...
Some catered events in St. Charles could include beer, wine
St. Charles grocers soon may have the opportunity to host catered events with wine and liquor on their property. On Monday, the city's Liquor Control Commission recommended approval of a...
St. Charles defining what ‘intoxicated’ means
An apparent disconnect over what it means to be intoxicated in St. Charles has prompted the city to define the word in the its liquor code. At a meeting Monday...
Vandals target ‘The Watch,’ Chicago statues celebrating Tuskegee Airmen
A lime-green piece of fiberglass resin lay in the grass Sunday next to a concrete pad where statues paying homage to the Tuskegee Airmen had stood. "This one is broken,"...
Thousands march in downtown Chicago in support of Palestinians
Thousands of protesters were marching through downtown Chicago on Sunday in support of Palestinians as Israeli forces continue a ground invasion in the Gaza Strip. Protesters were carrying Palestinian flags...
Woman, 85, found stabbed to death in East Dundee
An 85-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in her East Dundee home on Friday, police said. East Dundee Police Department officers and members of the Kane County Major Crimes...