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Aurora police are searching for some con men who stole a "substantial amount of money" from an 88-year-old woman around 1 p.m. Tuesday on the 1400 block of Beau Ridge Drive.

Here's a look at some of the key numbers behind Cantigny Park's newly redesigned display gardens:572: Trees2,485: Hedge plants303: Roses1,044: Shrubs 12,323: Grasses and sedges7,520: Perennials5,662: Bulbs220: Vines7,245: Emergent plants183: Waterlilies

Cantigny Park is the kind of place that's been around so long that any change is certain to draw attention. So when the park at 1S151 Winfield Road in Wheaton offered an early reveal of its new display gardens to members before Saturday's official reopening, about 500 signed up.

The last of four defendants pleaded guilty Thursday in an infamous 2017 attack on a Crystal Lake teen that was streamed live on social media. Tesfaye Cooper, 20, will be sentenced July 26.

McHenry County health officials still are seeking the source and common denominator that led to nine people contracting Legionnaires' disease between June 7 and July 1.

Nancy Lopez served as the honorary starter for one of the poignant scenes on a historic day at Chicago Golf Club.

An Elgin man was sentenced this week to 28 years in prison for his role in a June 2012 home invasion and attempted murder in which two people were brutally beaten in Elgin. Jaime Zarate, 32, was on parole for a 2006 attempted murder when he was arrested and a 5-year-old boy witnessed part of the attack.

Grand Avenue in Gurnee and Lake Villa gets an upgrade starting Monday.

Some say summer starts on June 21. Some say July Fourth. Then there are those who think summer starts on the day local sweet corn arrives. "It's the first day, so a lot of people are excited about it," says Alec Lamoureaux, 21, keeper of the sweet corn at The Farm vegetable stand in Carol Stream.

Mount Prospect leaders are ready to present the public with an ordinance allowing video gambling licenses in the village, but questions remain over which businesses might be eligible to receive one.