Restrictions On Distribution Frustrate Home Beer Brewers
Brewing beer at home is perfectly legal, but state officials are issuing a reminder that offering homebrew at a public event is not.
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Brewing beer at home is perfectly legal, but state officials are issuing a reminder that offering homebrew at a public event is not.
A parolee was arrested soon after a robbery Monday in northwest suburban Elgin, identified by a distinctive tattoo on his forehead.
An Elgin teen is accused of using a stranger's apartment as a cooling center during the sweltering heat wave Tuesday.
Authorities were investigating a crash late Thursday that killed an Elgin man when an air conditioning firm's work van he was driving went off the road along Route 20 near Marengo, police said.
Wednesday's heat and humidity didn't stop the 4th of July parade in Hoffman Estates, where four towns were coming together to celebrate the nation's birthday.
The reported rape of a 15-year-old girl that occurred inside a men's restroom at an Elgin casino in the middle of a Saturday afternoon began with an off-the-cuff pact to commit an act of prostitution.
A northwest suburban Elgin man has been arrested on child pornography charges.
Elgin police say an ex-boyfriend and his friend are responsible for breaking into a home and beating a couple this weekend.
Hoffman Estates is partnering with two communities and a township to do fireworks this year at the Sears Centre. CBS 2's Marissa Bailey reports.
What started out as some nice time outside on a nice day on Wednesday resulted in Elgin firefighters being barricaded in their fire station because of a couple of vicious dogs.
With the street gang problem out of control in the Chicago area, more police departments are turning to the use of street gang lawsuits that allow them to prevent gang members from hanging out with each other.
A northwest suburban man is being held on a $5 million bond after being charged with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl and her older cousin who were visiting his home Thursday.
Are surveillance drones flying over Chicago as part of the massive security operation for the NATO Summit?
A 58-year-old Elgin man is facing criminal charges after police said he tried to strangle a prostitute in a motel room after the woman refused additional sex after more than 30 encounters over a four-day period.
An 84-year-old Elgin woman with a long rap sheet for drug arrests ran the risk of spending the rest of her life in prison for cutting a police officer's index finger.
An Elgin woman faces more charges for allegedly trying to cash an altered lottery ticket worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
An Elgin woman is facing federal charges after she allegedly encouraged her teenage daughter to beat up another girl and then videotaped the assault.
Three Elgin teenagers have court dates, after being arrested for doing something that could have cost them their lives.
You can't buy a cup of Coca-Cola from a soda fountain without it passing through a Hoffer valve made in South Elgin.
Donald Rattanavong says he was trying to scare away teen criminals when he fired warning shots that left one youth dead.
As final arrangements were planned for an Elgin Marine killed in Afghanistan, his wife recalled Alex Martinez as a dedicated service member. CBS 2's Marissa Bailey reports.
Several people in the Chicago area spotted a meteor streaking across the sky Wednesday night.
An Elgin man is scheduled to go on trial Monday for the fourth of July 2011 killing of a teenager he claims was going to steal from him.
He was serving his second tour in Afghanistan, when a U.S. Marine from Elgin was killed in combat this week. Cpl. Alex Martinez died Thursday in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.
A United States Marine from northwest suburban Elgin died in Afghanistan while "conducting combat operations," according to a release issued Friday by the U.S. Department of Defense.
