After weeks of back-and-forth legal arguments, the bitter debate over the ethics complaint filed against City Clerk Tom Pavlik is nearing an end.

Dave Hubinek spent several years driving a truck for FedEx, worked as a driver for contractors for two years and owned five trucks of his own for eight. But the difficult schedule left the 33-year-old Carol Stream resident wanting to spend more time with his family, so he sold his routes. His “entrepreneurial spirit” led him to start a taxi service, he said, which he currently still owns — but it didn’t turn out as well as he expected.

Our complete series of stories and multimedia on the "Costly Commute," a multi-part series about the effects of rising gas prices on suburban residents.

A Chicago man with two previous armed felony convictions now faces three felony charges after he allegedly brandished a handgun in order to rob an 88-year-old woman of her car keys, police said.

John L. Wilson Jr., the man charged with murdering 14-year-old Lyons Township High School freshman Kelli O’Laughlin, was found fit to stand trial today based on a report conducted by Cook County Forensic Clinical Services that claimed Wilson can be “lying and manipulative” and showed no psychotic symptoms.

Participants at this year’s Best of the West Golf Classic, sponsored by the West Suburban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will get the opportunity to tee up for a $1 million prize.

Two men have been charged with attempted murder as a result of Friday night’s shooting near the intersection of 13th Street and East Avenue that sent two to the hospital.

Multiple offenders have been charged in Berwyn's Friday night shooting.

A federal judge in Chicago's U.S. District Court ordered the city of Berwyn to allow a controversial methadone clinic to open at 6201 Cermak Road in a ruling today.

Carolyn Vela has four kids, but only her oldest played baseball in past years.

The Illinois State Crime Commission is offering a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person providing heroin to a juvenile in DuPage County.

On Aug. 20, Hinsdale’s Nurturing Wisdom Academy will open its inaugural doors to 36 fifth- through eighth-grade students at Zion Lutheran Church. The year-round school will feature exceptionally small class sizes, curriculum customized to student needs, time-independent projects and, one unique catch — no homework.

The La Grange Highlands Middle School dedicated a new peace garden in front of the school to memorialize Kelli Joy O’Laughlin, the Lyons Township High School freshman who was murdered in her Indian Head Park home in October.

Firefighters from several area fire departments battled a smokey blaze at a recycling facility in unincorporated Central Stickney this afternoon.

The Morton High School District 201 Board of Education voted to censure one of its own members for racist and offensive posts on Facebook at a meeting tonight.

When gas prices are high, pizza delivery driver Morrtelouis Carson has to do a quick bit of pizza algebra with every trip across town. Each $1 delivery fee goes almost entirely toward gas. He usually puts $20 worth into his 1999 Chevy Malibu’s tank at the beginning of the night — so he hopes to make about 20 trips during his six-hour shift. With gas regularly priced at more than $4 a gallon, it's become even more important to take as many deliveries, per trip, as possible.

A new 170-seat comedy club is planning to open its doors in Berwyn's Depot District, and could be operational as early as September.

A Berwyn doctor was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting a patient.