Steve Zalusky - Daily Herald Media Group

Barrington Hills village trustees for the second time turned down the Little Ducky Flower Farm owners' request for a new zoning category that would allow them to open the farm to the public as a special use.

Little Ducky Flower Farm might have become too big for its own good. Its online popularity recently caught the attention of Barrington Hills officials and some residents who demanded the pick-your-own flower operation be shut down.

“Christmas on the Ranch” is the third in a trilogy of Christmas movies shot in the Northwest suburbs — previous entries were “Christmas With Felicity” and “Reporting for Christmas.” The latter premiered on Hulu last year.

Barrington's Catlow Theatre is undergoing a restoration. The theater opened in 1927.

Army reservists were welcomed home to their base in Arlington Heights after a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The Warrenville Fire Protection District is investigating the cause of a garage fire Sunday morning at a multifamily residential building.

The suspect in the fatal shooting of two men in a Woodridge townhouse Friday night died overnight after being hospitalized for a gunshot wound, authorities said.

Suburban Republican Richard Porter is going viral over a video of him confronting controversial U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida on the floor of the Republican National Convention

Lombard police responded to reports Saturday of an armed person at Yorktown Center mall, but later determined the report likely was a case of “swatting.”

A Fox Lake home is a complete loss following a fire late Saturday night. No injuries reported.

Ayanna Sidi, 14, of Barrington Hills knows how to hold the crowd with her rendition of the national anthem, no matter the venue — or the weather.

Baseball is back, as White Sox fans head to Opening Day at Guaranteed Rate Field on the South Side Thursday afternoon, while Cubs fans return to Wrigley Field on Monday for the home opener against the Colorado Rockies.

One person was killed and a second injured Saturday night when a semitrailer truck collided with a boom truck with two workers in the bucket at Route 53 and North Avenue in Lombard.

The mayors of Cary, Algonquin and Libertyville joined state Rep. Martin McLaughlin in condemning plans to eliminate the grocery tax because local communities would lose revenue.

The family of man fatally shot by Carol Stream police has hired a civil rights attorney