Sometimes a text message can hit like a dodgeball to the face. My most recent one came while I was shopping for a Sea-Doo. I ...

Robert Prevost, elected pope Thursday, grew up in Dolton. Former neighbors and local Catholics reacted to the election of the first American pontiff in the church's 2,000-year history.

The little boy was named after Macaulay’s late sister, Dakota Culkin, who died on Dec. 29, 2008, at age 29 after she was hit by a car while she was crossing the street.

Elgin News Digest: Carpentersville police officers lauded for saving a life with AED; Elgin Summer Theatre to present ‘Wizard of Oz’ at Hemmens ...