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Two roommmates have been arrested and charged with repeat, coordinated thefts from their former employer, Dunkin Donuts in Batavia, in which they took hidden money from a backroom while distracting a clerk.

Did an accident claim 19-year-old Noreen Kumeta Rudd's life on a Barrington Township road nearly 45 years ago? Or did her husband kill her and stage an accident? A jury will decide beginning next week as Donnie Rudd's murder trial commences at the Rolling Meadows courthouse.

Roadwork coming to Route 176 in Wauconda and Island Lake.

A motorcyclist sustained critical injuries in a crash Monday in unincorporated Lake County near Gurnee, authorities said.

A Barrington man is one of three people charged in a scheme that authorities say bilked the U.S. Postal Service out of nearly $16 million in revenue over a six-year period.

A 27-year-old man pulled from his SUV just before it burst into flames Monday morning in Kildeer has died, authorities say.

A Starbucks cafe with outdoor seating will replace the coffee giant's kiosk shop in Lombard.

Huntley village officials are considering establishing a business district and a special sales tax for an area along the Route 47/Interstate 90 corridor encompassing a mix of commercial uses.

Aurora man, who had marijuana in his system at time of fatal 2015 crash, sentenced to four years in prison.

Metra trains on the Union Pacific Northwest were delayed Monday morning because a vehicle was stuck on the tracks in Arlington Heights.