Barrington News

Thumbs down: To the Obama administration for the numerous scandals that have become a major distraction for his second term.

A bill stripping pension and insurance benefits from future appointees to Chicago-area mass-transit boards is on its way to Gov.

"Menagerie" runs May 23-June 30 at Theater Wit. For tickets, call 975-8150. was chosen to represent the State of Illinois in the finals of the National High School Musical Theater Awards.

A 19-year-old volunteer at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington has been charged with molesting an 8-year-old boy back in February, said a spokeswoman for the Cook County state's attorney.

Direct your parents to load up the family car and head on Interstate 90 past Barrington, past Elgin and through Hampshire.

This week: How much do lawn services cost? How much do you pay for your lawn service? And what does that cover - just mowing, or does it cover weeding, pruning, planting? Please share in the comments below - we promise we won't judge you! And if you've got a lawn service you love, tell us that too.

Hough Street School fifth-grader Dominic Szymanski survived a horrific train accident just two months ago in downtown Barrington.

A 19-year-old man who volunteered for a program assisting children with special needs at a northwest suburban megachurch has been charged with sexually abusing one of those children.

The Des Plaines Police Department provided the following reports. Criminal Damage to Property, Graffiti Newspaper boxes, an electrical box and signage at the Cumberland Metra depot, 485 E. Northwest Highway were vandalized with graffiti, and reported to police at 8:44 a.m. on May 10.

A look at income levels in suburban towns with Metra stops provides a glimpse at the disparity in wealth throughout the area, according to a map by Crain's Chicago Business Journal.

A new restaurant is opening in the Shops of Flint Creek next to Heinen's Fine Foods, 365Barrington reports.

A light dusting of frost in Wauconda on Monday morning frames these violets, which should be hearty enough to survive the cold as well as today's temperatures expected to hit the mid to upper 80s.

The best qualities of humanity were exemplified in those who helped 11-year-old Dominic Szymanski survive after he was hit by a Metra train in Barrington, March 15, said Barrington Police Chief Jerry Libit.

The Breast Center at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital near Barrington has earned a full, three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, a program administered by the American College of Surgeons.

Al Fritz, creator of the "Sting-Ray" bike for Schwinn, died last Tuesday at 88 in Barrington, Ill.

Popular Barrington restaurant to open tavern to serve as place for patrons to wait to be seated.

Mothers and grandmothers can hop on a trolley for a free Mother's Day trolley ride at the Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin.

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Now, nearly a month later, Kube and the rest of the family have gone from throwing parties to organizing benefits to help her sister, Lisa Rehling, overcome a life-threatening form of lung cancer.

When a patient arrives at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington needing a major joint replacement, the hospital bills Medicare $44,897, according to a massive federal database of national health care costs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made public Wednesday .