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A Lake County sheriff's sergeant saved a 20-year-old man suffering from an apparent opioid overdose Friday night in Warren Township, authorities said.

Friends and family are remembering Tim Erjavac as a devoted family man, hard worker and loyal friend who channeled his passion for automobiles and knack for fixing things into a hobby as a race car driver.

The 19th annual Irish Fest was held Friday night and Saturday at the Arlington Heights Historical Museum at the corner of Euclid and Vail streets.

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm after a fatal shooting Friday in Waukegan, officials said.

Former St. Charles Mayor Don DeWitte has been selected to fill the 33rd District State Senate seat soon to be vacated by Republican Karen McConnaughay, a party official said Saturday.

Sunset Foods in Long Grove has gained permission to serve beer and wine from a bar planned in a section of the store.

A Mundelein police officer is being lauded for using an automated external defibrillator to help save a man suffering a heart attack.

In the days leading up to her death, Tatiana Mirutenko "was having the time of her life," her husband James Hoover told the hundreds who packed Bloomingdale's St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church Saturday to pay their respects.

Mount Prospect last week unveiled plans to make Central Road crosswalks safer for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists.

An artist in her younger days, Georgia Pirron thought that part of her was lost after a debilitating stroke. But she picked up her paintbrush again, and now the 87-year-old Rolling Meadows woman hopes her paintings will inspire others to be creative.