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Felony cases charged in Kane County are about 7.6 percent higher at the midway point of the 2018 than they were during this same time last year. State's Attorney Joe McMahon said there are several factors for the increase: more state police arrests from patrols on Interstate 90; his office upgrading charges on repeat offenders; and the cyclical nature of crime itself.

Fire broke out Monday afternoon in a vacant industrial building in Mount Prospect, filling the space with smoke but causing no injuries or significant damage, authorities said.

A former St. Charles Unit District 303 school board president has been tapped to fill a board seat vacated last month by James Gaffney.

The Schaumburg Boomers want to replace the press box at the ballpark the team leases from the village of Schaumburg and Schaumburg Park District with an exclusive lounge area for suite ticketholders.

A road-building requirement the city of Naperville is placing on a prospective housing developer is leading to a plan that neighbors fear would bring too much density and traffic.

Members of Billy Joel's band, country music stars Maddie & Tae and local band 7th heaven will be the headlining acts at Schaumburg's 48th annual Septemberfest, over Labor Day weekend on the village's municipal grounds.

Tuesday's MLB All-Star Game is a showcase for the game of baseball. But baseball is more than a game for some. Fan Steve Schmid of East Dundee has a half-century of memories of how the Chicago Cubs have been woven into his life's story.

The fourth of five former Wheaton College football players facing felony charges in a 2016 hazing scandal has pleaded guilty to lesser misdemeanor charges.

The chairwoman of the College of DuPage board has been chosen to fill the state representative seat left vacant by the departure of Patti Bellock, a Hinsdale Republican, officials announced Monday. Deanne Mazzochi, a 45-year-old Elmhurst Republican, will finish the remainder of Bellock's term, which expires in January. In the meantime, she will seek election to the position in November.

A Waukegan man is in custody and charged with shooting a weapon from a moving vehicle near Independence Grove Forest Preserve near Libertyville, authorities said.