Steve Zalusky - Daily Herald Media Group

Lombard police responded to reports Saturday of an armed person at Yorktown Center mall, but later determined the report likely was a case of “swatting.”

A Fox Lake home is a complete loss following a fire late Saturday night. No injuries reported.

Ayanna Sidi, 14, of Barrington Hills knows how to hold the crowd with her rendition of the national anthem, no matter the venue — or the weather.

Baseball is back, as White Sox fans head to Opening Day at Guaranteed Rate Field on the South Side Thursday afternoon, while Cubs fans return to Wrigley Field on Monday for the home opener against the Colorado Rockies.

One person was killed and a second injured Saturday night when a semitrailer truck collided with a boom truck with two workers in the bucket at Route 53 and North Avenue in Lombard.

The mayors of Cary, Algonquin and Libertyville joined state Rep. Martin McLaughlin in condemning plans to eliminate the grocery tax because local communities would lose revenue.

The family of man fatally shot by Carol Stream police has hired a civil rights attorney

Teen hit by second train after first had passed

Police and the FBI are a searching for a man who robbed the U.S. Bank in Elmhurst bank Saturday morning.

A person of interest is in custody after a man was fatally shot at Oakbrook Terrace hotel

A body believed to be that of a missing hunter from Lake Villa was recovered Saturday from a lake, Lake County Sheriff’s police said.

Body found in Lake believed to be missing hunter from Lake Villa

Reported book challenges to public libraries in Illinois more than doubled – 21 to 54 – from 2021 to 2022, according to the American Library Association. There have been 44 challenges so far this year, putting the state on pace to top last year’s number.

22-year-old man killed Tuesday

Guinness representatives Hannah Ortman and Chloe McCarthy were at the museum Thursday counting sock monkeys and adding up the total. The result was a world record in a new category: the largest collection of handmade sock monkeys in the world.