Dawn patrol: Driver hits cop car, fire in Naperville
Driver hits vehicle then Arlington Heights squad car; Fire displaces Naperville family; Lake Zurich approves noise wall; Hoffman Estates crash injures one; Kids ring in new year early in Mt. Prospect;...
View ArticleAlgonquin couple rings in new year with first baby born in Kane County
An Algonquin couple's fifth child claimed first baby honors of the New Year for Kane County Tuesday morning at Sherman Hospital in Elgin. Isabel Hernandez entered the world at 8:43 a.m. In McHenry...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Villa Park woman, dog killed in fire; no fiscal cliff
House passes fiscal cliff compromise. Villa Park fire kills woman, dog. Elgin man faces felony drug charges. Woodridge fire leaves home uninhabitable. Northwestern wins first bowl game since 1949. NIU...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Police handling crash at busy Lakemoor intersection
The Illinois Senate began moving a gun control plan that would ban a wide scope of firearms. Retired teachers at a meeting in Aurora bristled at a proposal to address the state pension crisis. And a...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Gay marriage, gun control stalled; Kirk climbs Capitol steps
Same-sex marriage, gambling expansion and gun control all stalled in Springfield; Sen. Mark Kirk returns to Washington, D.C., after stroke; accuser speaks about Maine West hazing; Motorola Mobility's...
View ArticleMcHenry County judge chosen for Daley nephew's case
McHenry County Judge Maureen McIntyre will preside over the involuntary manslaughter case of a nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. McHenry County Chief Judge Michael Sullivan selected...
View ArticleWhy shifting pension costs to schools is so controversial
A proposal to hand the state's future pension costs over to local school districts became such a sticking point that Gov. Pat Quinn and legislative leaders agreed to set it aside to try to get some...
View ArticleIce fishing a family event in Cary
The Gerner family's first attempt at ice fishing yielded just a couple of little fish, but a whole lot of fun on Saturday in Cary.The Gerners of Johnsburg were among more than 150 people who...
View ArticleCongrats to Aurora on murder-free milestone
If no news is good news, then this is great news. Aurora, the state's second largest city, marked a milestone last week: the city went an entire calendar year without a murder for the first time since...
View ArticleBianchi attorney wants special prosecutor charged with contempt
An attorney for McHenry County State's Attorney Louis Bianchi, who was acquitted in two misconduct trials in 2011, has asked a judge to declare a special prosecutor and two investigators to be held in...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Next pension hearing today; Glenbard W. star in BCS title game
State Rep. Nekritz of Northbrook says a pension reform deal can get done by Wednesday. Glenbard West standout Chris Watt is ready for tonight's title game on the Notre Dame squad. Questions for the...
View ArticleWhich suburbs levy highest taxes per person?
For each of its 4,209 residents, tony Barrington Hills collected nearly $1,618 in property taxes in 2010. On the other end of the spectrum, Prospect Heights collected a little more than $16 in property...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Bensenville toddler found
No deal, no strike in West Chicago District 33; Walsh holding statewide meetings; ruling on DuPage court cameras; Palatine woman gets 5 years for collision; Grayslake Dist. 46 makes case as strike date...
View ArticleMcHenry County sees rash of copper thefts
Copper is a hot item for burglars in McHenry County. Sheriff Keith Nygren is asking residents to be on the lookout for suspicious vehicles and people after several incidents in which burglars forced...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Dist. 33 deadline; Cary man's good lottery timing
West Chicago District 33 sets a contract talk deadline; Cary man wins lottery on the day he loses his job; Jewel-Osco sold; James Bond snubbed by Oscars; Arlington Heights woman killed in Wheeling...
View ArticleSuburban hospitals respond to flu
In light of the burgeoning flu season, Centegra Health System hospitals in McHenry County are imposing a visitor restriction policy that forbids anyone under age 18 to visit patients. Northwest...
View ArticleAlgonquin teen to plead guilty but mentally ill in father's death in 2010
A 19-year-old from Algonquin is charged with killing his father in February 2010 with a shotgun is set to plead guilty but mentally ill to second-degree murder at his next court appearance in March,...
View ArticleIllinois ranks lowest in pet ownership. Really?
Illinois residents don't appear to be too fond of pets. Our state ranks in among the lowest in the nation for pet-owning households, with roughly a third of us owning dogs or cats. We have to admit, us...
View ArticleDawn Patrol: Schaumburg police fallout; no school in Grayslake area
Schaumburg leaders say the arrests of three cops on drug charges shouldn't taint whole force. Grayslake District 46 strike continues. Dying teen's words to be heard in trial. Metra giving raises up to...
View ArticleBatavia police seek serial flasher
Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a former Elgin man and Aurora resident who is accused of exposing himself to customers at a store along Randall Road in Batavia in December. James Rozema,...
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