Linda Young

The Forest Preserve District Tuesday put the finishing touches on a complicated deal with the St. Charles Park District that will allow the Forest Preserve District to pick up the...

The wave of summer storms that blew across the Chicago area Thursday afternoon turned violent in isolated areas, snapping power lines, tearing at roofs and sparking lightning that killed a...

He can't prove it, but Oscar just might be the world's only dog who travels with his own Geiger counter. He almost certainly is the only one to bark incessantly...

Andrew Simac knew he was in for a long shift when an 18-foot Ryder truck pulled up at midnight a few weeks ago loaded to the top with soccer equipment....

For the first time since it opened in 1913, Mooseheart will expand its services to include needy children who are not necessarily connected with members of the Loyal Order of...

Coroner Mary Lou Kearns plays host to a golf outing and fundraiser Monday at the new Orchard Valley Golf Course in Aurora. Democratic state Treasurer Patrick Quinn, the nominee for...

Dave and Denise Stafford and their three sons picked a beautiful day Friday to unlatch the folding chairs, set up the video camera and watch their dream home rise toward...

An apparent teenage stunt turned tragic early Sunday when an 18-year-old St. Charles youth died after jumping off a fast-moving Chicago and North Western freight train near the Geneva depot....

A Naperville woman left her 2 1/2-year-old daughter alone in a parked car with milk, toys and food while she occupied her afternoon playing 50-cent slot machines aboard an Aurora...

The long-awaited engineering report recommending potential Fox River bridge crossings that arrives in Kane County Board members' mailboxes Monday will give them more points to ponder than they had previously...