Steve Zalusky

Wherever he went, Orlando Rivas touched people's lives — and during one fateful April afternoon, gave his own to save others.

There is no indication of foul play in the death of three family members at a Buffalo Grove home Tuesday, police said.

Sharon House thought that by now she'd be living in the home she bought nearly a year ago at Mount Prospect's Westgate Condominiums.

A husband and wife team is seeking approval to open an early childhood learning center on a Long Grove site that has sat vacant for about 20 years.

A bus parked outside the Palatine Park District Community Center this week is taking visitors on a virtual trip through history, teaching lessons about the Civil Rights Movement and the Holocaust that resonate today.

The Cook County medical examiner's office is conducting autopsies in the deaths of a motorcyclist and a passenger after a crash Saturday afternoon in Schaumburg.

Lake County authorities arrested a 24-year-old Georgia man Saturday at a forest preserve near Libertyville after he allegedly traveled to meet with a girl who ran away from home.

A fire in a Bartlett apartment Saturday night left two units uninhabitable.

A 20-year-old Des Plaines man was killed after his motorcycle collided with an SUV Saturday night in Mount Prospect, police said Monday.

Buffalo Grove's industrial district on the north side of the village continues to attract non-academic schools such as dance studios and golf academies.