Over two dozen fire departments spent several hours battling a wildland fire, fueled by high winds and dry air, that burned ...

Walgreens, a Deerfield-based company and one of the nation's largest retail pharmacy chains, announced it is laying off over 450 employees in Illinois after it was bought by private equity last year.

A person, believed to be a worker, was left seriously injured and rushed to the hospital following an accident at a manufacturing facility in Crystal Lake, fire officials said.

A resident confronted a suspect who was trying to break into buildings on his property, prompting the sheriff's office and police officers to conduct a large search near Richmond.

Police are investigating after a visitor found human skeletal remains in a wooded area at Baker's Lake Nature Preserve in Barrington, officials said.

Two residents were evaluated by paramedics after they escaped from a fire that started in the basement of an unincorporated Round Lake home early Sunday morning.