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A man who prosecutors say shared photograph of him and a woman engaged in a sexual act was charged with a felony.

A driver who struck a tree had to be cut from her vehicle Friday evening in Arlington Heights, firefighters said.

The pro shop at Chicago Golf Club should sell out of U.S. Senior Women's Open souvenirs by Saturday afternoon.

Charles "Chuck" Weigel Jr. was one of those World War II generation guys, the kind who never stopped working, who never stopped caring, who never stopped giving. He was a father and a businessman, and for 12 years he was the mayor of Elmhurst.

A father-and-sons trio is opening a new Italian restaurant in Naperville with a warm and comfortable interior and a plan to help diners "share life over plates."

A program pairing low-income, first-generation college students who are Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 alumni with mentors to help them through their higher education celebrated its first graduates at a dinner Thursday night at Palatine High School.

The pursuit of a stolen vehicle that began at 8 a.m. Friday in Hoffman Estates ended with the driver under arrest at I-90 and Route 20 arfter a crash and a robbery, according to Illinois State Police.

A 21-year-old Wheeling woman was charged with criminal damage to property after prosecutors say she spray painted vulgar words on a Wheeling home and cars and poured bleach and syrup into the cars' gas tanks.

Momentum is shifting in Prospect Heights toward putting a home rule referendum on the November election ballot. Initially, city leaders said that was too soon.

Brandywyn Lane at Deerfield Parkway in Buffalo Grove will be closed to through traffic starting at 6 a.m. Monday, July 23.