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Palatine police are investigation the shooting of a 19-year-old man Tuesday afternoon at an apartment building on the northeast side of the village.

A 6-year-old girl rescued by onlookers from the open water at Three Oaks Recreation Area in Crystal Lake Tuesday afternoon is recovering from the near drowning at an area hospital, police said.

A 31-year-old Wheaton man found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2014 battery and sexual assault of an ex-girlfriend could be released from the Elgin Mental Health Center by the end of the year.

A Plainfield man is headed to prison to serve 12 consecutive life sentences for sexually abusing two children over a decade.

The Liberty Prairie Foundation has launched a new website as a clearinghouse for local food information in Lake County

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is continuing to work on plans to rebuild a clubhouse at its newly renovated golf course in Addison, despite calls from a board member to delay the project.

Bids for the exterior construction of a new St. Charles police station have come in lower than expected, alleviating some concerns the project would exceed its $24.6 million budget.

Two juveniles who vandalized historic carriages at South Elgin's Fox River Trolley Museum this month face charges of burglary and criminal damage to property, police said.

Wauconda's village trustees are split over whether the town should increase the minimum age for buying cigarettes, e-cigarettes and related products to 21.

Gov. Bruce Rauner will sign legislation that would give DuPage the power to disband its county election commission, county board Chairman Dan Cronin announced Tuesday.