Palatine

Growing up in the Northwest suburbs, Daliyah Sanders often felt isolated from her peers as the only black student in her class practically since kindergarten through high school.

The Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board voted 5-2 in favor of the policy change in November.

Javier Garcia pleaded not guilty Monday to a felony count each of arson and criminal damage to property, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

It was a touching gesture of kindness across generations, and now there is a search for a little girl who left an encouraging note for an elderly man.

A suburban school district will allow transgender students to have full access to locker rooms.

The Department of Children and Family Services is investigating the death of a toddler who died last week in northwest suburban Palatine.

The family of a man facing an Illinois terrorism charge for plowing an SUV into a suburban Chicago mall says he shouldn’t be called a “terrorist” because there was no political reason behind his action.

Police are looking for a man wanted for lighting a vehicle on fire earlier this year in the parking lot of a condominium building in northwest suburban Palatine.

A tornado warning issued for several northern suburbs in Cook, Lake and McHenry counties has expired.

A teenage girl has been reported missing from north suburban Palatine.