Linda Young

The trial of an Aurora man accused in the 1994 shooting death of 19-year-old Armando Mendez was postponed after the defense moved to bar potentially gang-related evidence from the trial....

A South Elgin man and his teenage son are credited with saving six people from a fiery two-car crash in Ogle County Sunday, but an explosion kept them from going...

Although he concedes that the General Assembly may be powerless to act, state Sen. Chris Lauzen is seeking to have Kane County Circuit Court Judge Michael F. O'Brien removed from...

The Kane County Board on Tuesday is expected to approve purchase of additional equipment for the coroner's office. Last year, several bodies went unclaimed for long periods, according to Coroner...

Opponents of a proposed expansion at the county-owned Settler's Hill Landfill have one more chance to voice their opinions when the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has a public hearing Thursday...

The Kane County advisory committee charged with finding a potential landfill in the county, has been ordered to finish its work next month, despite its leaders' pleas for more time....

A proposed $1.3 million addition to Kane County's chronically overcrowded jail inched forward Thursday when the County Board's Executive Committee sent the measure to a handful of other committees for...

A County Board advisory committee will make its final recommendation by Aug. 30 about where or if a 21st Century landfill will be sited. The board's Executive Committee issued the...

In nearly 40 years of chasing down hundreds of people who fraudulently claimed they received the Medal of Honor, Mitchell Paige has never landed a fish as big as Kane...

Sharon Schoo, who attained notoriety during the 1992 Christmas season when she and her husband left their two daughters home alone while they vacationed in Mexico, appeared in Kane County...