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A proposed subdivision of more than 700 houses, townhouses and apartments is raising neighbor concerns and in need of more discussion in Naperville.

Greek Fest, an annual celebration of Greek cuisine and culture, opened Friday evening at St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church, 133 S. Roselle Road in Palatine. The festival continues from 3 p.m. to midnight Saturday and noon to 11 p.m. Sunday.

Xenophon "Fonda" Doudalis accepted the Legion of Honor medal Friday during a ceremony at Des Plaines city hall. With the quiet dignity of a soldier, he simply repeated "thank you" after Guillaume Lacroix, the consul general of France in Chicago, pinned it on the lapel of his gray suit.

A 25-year-old Waukegan man was charged with entering the home of a 21-year-old Mount Prospect woman and sexually assaulting her. Juan Banos-Cruz was ordered held on $200,000 bail Friday.

A 24-year-old man who was arrested after posting a YouTube video of him going 143 mph on his motorcycle while evading St. Charles police pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge and was sentenced to a form of probation and banned from riding for a year.

Members of the village of Schaumburg's clerical and support-staff union say they plan to attend Tuesday's village board meeting to voice their frustration at being without a contract for more than a year.

Palatine Township Elementary District 15 has a tentative 2018-19 budget showing about $158 million in revenue with expenditures at roughly $163 million.

Lake Barrington-based Citizens for Conservation has announced the winner of a $20,000 Joe Cragan conservation scholarship.

A partial closure of Old McHenry Road in downtown Long Grove to accommodate construction will not start as scheduled Monday, June 25, according to Lake County Division of Transportation officials.

Keynote speakers, worship, performances, and notable attendees will join a ten day celebration of The Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago's 25 year anniversary