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A demolition derby and 4-H Blue Ribbon livestock sale marked the final day of the 150th Kane County Fair in St. Charles.

Kane County will receive the bulk of the now-defunct Aurora Election Commission's assets, and maybe its outstanding debts, according to a court ruling Friday.

Wheeling police continue to investigate a three-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 16-year-old Mount Prospect girl who was riding in a car with family members Saturday.

A 16-year-old girl was killed and six other people were injured in a three-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon in Wheeling, officials said.

Several Prospect Heights residents displaced by an apartment complex fire earlier this week sifted through boxes of clothing and groceries Saturday at a local church to satisfy their immediate needs.

The threat of rain couldn't keep rock fans away from Saturday's Homegrown Arts & Music Festival, the annual celebration of music and art in the suburbs.

Dogs get special parks, nationally televised kennel club shows, chances to compete in leaping and agility competitions, and much more. It's about time cats and the people who love them got their due.

American Indian military veterans gathered Saturday at Cantigny Park for a national event.

Three buildings of a Prospect Heights apartment complex gutted by fire on Wednesday had no fire alarms, sprinkler systems, fire walls or attic separators -- all fire safety features that experts say would have stopped or significantly slowed the inferno that injured three and left dozens homeless.

An Arlington Heights firefighter/paramedic is getting statewide recognition for developing an intubation technique that's helping save lives, then teaching it to colleagues throughout the Northwest suburbs.