Evanston express: Braun believes adding Kelly at OC will be 'game-changer' for NU
Chip Kelly, shown here in 2015, is going to be Northwestern’s next offensive coordinator.
4 men convicted in $573,000 counterfeit electronics scheme
Four men accused of operating a $573,000 counterfeit electronics ring have pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
Schaumburg man pleads not guilty to fatally beating father with hammer
A 28-year-old man who authorities say fatally beat his father with a sledgehammer last month in the family’s Schaumburg home pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Tuesday in a Cook County courtroom.
Girls basketball: Maine South surges in overtime, tops St. Charles North in Komaromy semifinals
It took an extra session Monday night to decide who was going to advance to the championship game of the 42nd Komaromy Classic girls basketball tournament at Dundee-Crown.
The Barn Steakhouse expanding with second location in Highland Park
Nine years after opening The Barn Steakhouse in Evanston, restaurateur Amy Morton is expanding north to the town where she was raised with a second location in Highland Park.
Development of Experior Logistics' trucking headquarters in southwest Schaumburg delayed
Experior Logistics’ plan for a new trucking headquarters on 55 acres in southwest Schaumburg is at a financial impasse, officials say, with the village’s June deadline looming for the completion of buildings that haven’t even been started yet.
DuPage forest preserve board OKs $151 million budget
DuPage County forest preserve officials have adopted a $151 million budget that calls for new or continuing habitat restoration projects, improvements to one of the district’s historic properties and a golf course revamp.
Retired Des Plaines police dog Bane has died
A retired Des Plaines police dog died Saturday, the department announced.
Prosecutors seek natural-life sentence in Elmhurst murder case
DuPage County prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for an Elmhurst man accused of murdering a woman in his garage, due to the brutality of the attack.
From Pope Francis to Charlie Kirk, many deaths in 2025 had a wide impact
The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope. The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he spoke before a crowd horrified many and prompted somber conversations about political violence.