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Kirk moved to Chicago rehab center

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, who suffered a stroke nearly three weeks ago, was transferred Friday to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

Retriever rescue group as good as gold for families

Pam and Alan Hoffman are “foster failures” in the best way possible. The...

Snow makes its way back to the area Friday

Feeling a chill in the air? Snow will be back as soon as Friday when lake effect snow could hit the city and Northwest Indiana with six inches.

Reader-submitted: Barrington cheerleaders place second in state

The 2011-12 Barrington High School varsity cheerleading team had a...

Lake County charges three with unlawful use of credit card

Three people have been arrested for their alleged roles in a pickpocket...

Four seniors considered for teaching scholarship

Four Barrington High School seniors are finalists for the Golden Apple...

Three teachers nominated for Golden Apple

Three Barrington Community Unit School District 220 teachers are hard at...

Catholic cemeteries offer to bury 300 bodies stacked at morgue

The Archdiocese of Chicago is offering to pay for up to 300 burials for the bodies being held at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

AmericanTowns Heroes: Ariana Hargis is a Real Livesaver

Ariana Hargis is the kind of lifeguard you want on duty when your loved ones are in the pool. She's a quick-thinking, focused professional with eyes in the back of her head. When...

Feds cut grant for Chinese program

As Barrington Community Unit School District 220 officials learned the federal government eliminated the $1.5 million Foreign Language Assistance Program grant the district had...

Village ponders electric agreement

Barrington officials are carefully sifting through an agreement with the Northern Illinois Municipal Electric Collaborative to provide consulting services for the village’s...

Police blotter for Feb. 7

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Barrington, Barrington Hills and South Barrington police departments. Readers are reminded that an arrest...

Gov. Quinn signs bill to allow speed cameras near schools, parks

Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday ended months of deliberation and signed into law a...

Sen. Kirk upgraded to ‘good’ condition, watched Super Bowl

Sen. Mark Kirk’s condition has been upgraded from “fair” to...

Voterama in Congress for the week ending Feb. 3, 2012

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted on matters related to the 2010...

Monday Night Steak Night

from:Barrington Area Chamber Of Commerce

$10 Steak Night at the Penny Road Pub Every Monday Night from 4 pm - 8 pm 12 oz Ribeye Steak Corn Baked Potato & Bread Great Food at a

Buyers beware: Condo associations may have pitfalls

Buying a condominium isn’t as easy as it used to be, as slow markets...

Pride of Lincoln Park Zoo, Adelor the lion euthanized

One of the most popular animals at Lincoln Park Zoo, an 18-year-old male African...

Chicago-bound Amtrak train hits vehicle near Ann Arbor

Amtrak says no one suffered life-threatening injuries Wednesday when a train with 71 passengers hit a heavy vehicle near Ann Arbor, Mich., en route to Chicago.

Is this winter or spring? Neither. It’s Chicago

A year ago a blizzard was blowing in — a stark contrast to the 61-degree high...

Barrington educating residents on electrical aggregation

After the Barrington Village Board approved putting a referendum question regarding electrical aggregation on the March 20 ballot, village staff members have started getting the...

Summit discusses health care, economy

Area leaders gathered Tuesday for a local economic snapshot as Advocate...

Relay for Life effort kicks off to help fight cancer

111 Grille played host to the kickoff event for the 14th annual...

NEWS DIGEST Students attend state music fest

Three Barrington High School music students participated in the 2011 All-State Music Festival that was held in Peoria over the weekend. The students were selected as a result of...

Lack of snow doesn’t stop snowshoe run

Snowshoeing around Barrington may not be the first thing people think of...

Love Barrington encourages youth to explore the arts

For the third consecutive year, the Barrington Cultural Commission will hold its annual Love Barrington event. “Love Barrington is a very important event in the life of our...

Historical Society displays piano pageant

A piano pageant of the past is perhaps the best kept secret of downtown...

Local lawyer is coach, humanitarian, friend

Keith Hanson, a Cuba Township resident and managing partner of Hanson Law Group in Barrington, was grocery shopping when a soccer player made his day. Maybe his decade....

Local man leads pro-Gingrich group

When Cuba Township resident Keith Hanson received a mailing from the campaign of GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich and then saw a video about the candidate, he wanted to offer his support...

Small earthquake shakes McHenry County

A minor earthquake Tuesday night in McHenry County shook some northern suburban residents but did no damage, officials said.

FBI investigating suspicious material found at Israeli consulate in Loop

The FBI is investigating how suspicious material ended up at the Israeli...

Suspicious material found at Israeli Consulate in Loop

Nobody was injured by a suspicious material found Monday afternoon at the Israeli Consulate in the Loop. The Chicago Fire Department responded at 3:40 p.m. to a suspicious...

Former Survivor member sues Gingrich for using ‘Eye of Tiger’

A founding member of the rock band Survivor says Newt Gingrich is using the band’s biggest hit — “Eye of the Tiger” — without permission at campaign...

Sen. Mark Kirk upgraded to fair condition

Sen. Mark Kirk has been upgraded to “fair” condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital a week after undergoing surgery for a stroke. “Senator Kirk’s...

Former massage parlor owner convicted of human trafficking

A northwest suburban massage parlor owner who forced four foreign women into prostitution — and made them to get tattooed with his moniker to show he owned them — was...

Metra fare increases begin Wednesday

Metra is reminding riders that fare increases begin Wednesday. Starting Feb. 1, one-way tickets will increase an average of 15.7 percent across all fare zones, while 10-ride...

Heating bills bucking upward trend

Your heating bills may go down this winter, and not because of the relatively mild weather so far. Thanks to lower prices of electricity and natural gas on the open market,...

Snow likely before lengthy warm up

Unseasonably warm weather is expected to move into the Chicago area next week -- but not before a cold and snowy weekend. The National Weather Service is predicting a 50 to 60...

Mold is hot issue in home sales

The spring thaws that Chicagoans yearn for each winter also come with...

Open house, Mass help St. Anne kick off Catholic Schools Week

St. Anne School, 319 Franklin St., Barrington, has announced its plans for National Catholic Schools Week, Sunday through Feb. 3. This year’s theme will focus on faith,...

Voterama in Congress for the week ending Jan. 27

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to send to the U.S. Senate a...

Gangs using social media to spread violence

Chicago gangs are using their smart phones and computers for “cyber-tagging”...

Quinn: Raise dropout age to 18

Gov. Pat Quinn wants to raise to 18 the age at which students can drop out of school in Illinois. It’s 17 now.

Shedd Aquarium adopts orphaned sea otter

Shedd Aquarium has acquired a 10-week-old orphaned southern sea otter, its first....

Illinois EPA begins cleanup of Lake Barrington dump site

The Illinois EPA has begun cleanup of a dump site that has “plagued” the northwest suburbs for decades, the agency announced Thursday.

Lake Barrington helping EPA clean up Tarkowski property

An Illinois Environmental Protection Agency contractor has begun to finish cleanup of a dump site that has plagued the Wauconda area for decades.

Illinois revamps School Report Cards

Starting in 2013, the School Report Cards released for each Illinois school and school district will include data on how well schools are preparing students for college. The new...

3 white teens accused of putting noose around black teen’s neck

Three teens were charged with a hate crime after they allegedly attacked another...

North Barrington ponders land purchase

On Wednesday, North Barrington held its first meeting of the year to discuss a possible land purchase in unincorporated Lake County. The land is a 34-acre lot north of Route 22,...