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‘Evil and manipulative’: Families outraged after Highland Park suspect backs out of plea deal

With family members of victims and survivors looking on, the suspect in the mass shooting at Highland Park’s 2022 Independence Day parade backed out of plea agreement Wednesday morning that would have sent him to prison for the rest of his life.

Arlington Heights mayor won’t seek reelection, but believes Bears stadium talks are ‘in a good place’

Custom home ‘Pinnacle’ development gets support from Lombard planners

Carol Stream officer who killed man won’t be prosecuted

Macy’s could fill part of Carson’s space at Randhurst in Mount Prospect

Palatine park district faces more questions over decision to close stables

‘This was never the context’: Report on controversial Glenbrook South yearbook quote released

Three men identified in Elgin double murder-suicide

The Kane County coroner has released the identifies of three people killed in a double-murder-suicide in Elgin in May.

Gloria Jean Kvetko, left, founder and namesake of Gloria Jean’s Coffees, greets Barb Geraghty of Addison at the 2017 grand opening of a new store at Stratford Square in Bloomingdale. Geraghty worked at Gloria Jean’s in Oak Brook for 14 years.

Long Grove resident who founded Gloria Jean’s Gourmet Coffees dies at 82

Gloria Jean Kvetko of Long Grove, the founder and namesake of the international brand Gloria Jean’s Gourmet Coffees, has died at the age of 82.

D1 Training, a fitness facility that specializes in group classes for young athletes, opened this month at 71 W. Rand Road in Arlington Heights.

Athletic training gym for kids as young as age 7 expands in suburbs

The positive results of improved strength and stamina in their own children is what motivated an Aurora couple to become franchisees in a new athletic training gym in Arlington Heights.

Downtown Aurora will be lit up with fireworks at the Independence Day celebration on Wednesday, July 3.

Where you can see fireworks in the suburbs

As the Fourth of July approaches, communities are readying their fireworks displays. Here’s where you can see them.

Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns on Monday voted in favor of a 55.62-acre annexation, which will include a 719,200-square-foot warehouse, known as Venture Park, on Geneva's east side.

Mega warehouse gets green light to build on Geneva’s east side

In a series of split votes at a special meeting Monday, Geneva City Council members approved a 55.62-acre annexation, which will include a 719,200-square-foot warehouse on the city’s east side.

Markings show where Mount Prospect is considering taking away six parking spaces on Prospect Avenue and dedicating the space as an outdoor dining area.

Some balk at proposed Mount Prospect alfresco dining space

Hoping to emulate the success of Arlington Alfresco in neighboring Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect could soon launch an outdoor dining zone as a pilot program along Prospect Avenue in the village’s downtown.

Anna Green Showerman of Batavia receives the Bronze Star earned by her late father from Army Col. Daniel Mitchell during a ceremony in Batavia on Tuesday. Her father, Staff Sgt. John W. Green of Aurora, was killed in World War II, but his family didn’t receive the medals he was due until now.

Nearly 80 years later, daughter of an Aurora man killed in World War II receives his medals

The last time 83-year-old Anna Green Showerman of Batavia was with her father, he held the then 3-year-old girl in his arms before heading out to fight and ultimately die...

The Illinois tollway, headquartered in Downers Grove, faces a lawsuit over ending a contract for work on a major interchange at I-88 and I-290.

Tollway faces temporary restraining order on major interchange construction

Amid a legal fight over the Illinois tollway terminating a construction contract, a DuPage judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing the agency from hiring another firm.