Gerald Steele 
Traffic at Randall Road at Bowes Road in Elgin. Gridlock adds up for suburban commuters, an analysis finds. Brian Hill/[email protected] Stewing in gridlock not only takes a toll on your sanity, it also picks your pocket for more than gas, a national analysis concludes. American worker bees lose about $9,470 a year driving to … Read more
Fox Lake Mayor Donny Schmit helped steer his tight-knit community through crisis after the Sept. 1, 2015, killing of police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz. Brian Hill/[email protected] As a small town mayor, Donny Schmit is used to late-night calls for one issue or another, hobnobbing with residents at countless functions and speaking at local events. … Read more
Cary is giving a $10,000 grant to help fund efforts to restore this 160-year-old building downtown to its original facade. Michelle Meyer/Shaw Local News Network The new owner of a 160-year-old structure in downtown Cary that’s now an apartment building is looking to restore the exterior to its original state with the help of a … Read more
The Cubs are signing first baseman Carlos Santana, who was released Thursday by the Cleveland Guardians. AP The Cubs added Carlos Santana on Sunday, agreeing to a one-year contract with the veteran first baseman that puts him in the mix for the playoffs, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The person … Read more
Naval Station Great Lakes will host a command center for an expected immigration blitz starting this week in Chicago, sources confirmed to the Sun-Times. AP The Department of Defense has secured Naval Station Great Lakes for an immigration blitz in Chicago starting next week, two sources familiar with base operations confirmed to the Sun-Times. Base … Read more
A child was airlifted in critical condition Saturday afternoon after being run over by a lawn mower near Cary. Authorities are saying it appears to be a “tragic accident.” Courtesy of the Cary Fire Protection District A 3⅟₂-year-old child who had a portion of his leg severed after being run over by a lawn mower … Read more
There were no killers. Rather, it was an elaborate ruse by a well-known and, by some accounts, beloved officer who staged his own suicide to escape the outcome of a pending investigation. Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz’s notorious death 10 years ago made national news and its ripple effects across the law enforcement … Read more
Bob Oswald President Donald Trump recently deployed the National Guard in Washington, D.C., to combat crime in that city, and he hinted about doing the same in Chicago. An Aug. 23 post on X appears to show that Trump has already acted on that decision. “That didn’t take long. The military’s already showing up in … Read more
Authorities have confirmed an officer-involved shooting in Carpentersville late Thursday. Carpentersville police were called to the 100 block of Woodland Court around 10:45 p.m. Thursday, where “preliminary investigative findings indicate that a male, armed with a firearm, was shot by law enforcement officers who had responded to the scene,” police said in a news release. … Read more
The Des Plaines City Council on Tuesday is expected to approve a multimillion-dollar deal to turn this historic building at 678 Lee St. into a restaurant. Paul Valade/[email protected], 2024 A much-anticipated, multimillion-dollar deal to turn a historic, city-owned building in downtown Des Plaines into a restaurant should get the city council’s final blessing Tuesday. … Read more