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A colleague at Highland Park Hospital remembered 24-year-old Andrey Privin, who died Tuesday after a 500-foot fall at the Grand Canyon, as a young man with an infectious personality who was on the verge of a brilliant career as a nurse.

Vernon Hills police have detained a man who was yelling at neighbors, being chased by his mom down the street and eventually caused a short standoff at a home on the 300 block of Tally Ho Drive Friday night, authorities said.

A fire in an exterior storage closet of apartment building in Palatine Friday is still under investigation. There were no injuries and the occupants of the three units affected were allowed to return to their homes.

The website for a national for-profit art school is directing current and future students of its Schaumburg and Chicago campuses to other locations throughout the country or advising them on how to complete course work online as they announced plans to shutter Illinois operations.

Jewel-Osco President Doug Cygan, who grew up in Mundelein, died Thursday at the age of 55 after a brief illness. Cygan began as a part-time clerk with Jewel-Osco more than 30 years ago, eventually working his way up to President in 2017.

The folks at Uncle Bub's in Westmont are going to have a new task starting today: Polishing their trophies from Naperville's Ribfest.

A Buffalo Grove man climbed over a railing at the Grand Canyon, lost his footing and fell approximately 500 feet to his death Tuesday, according to a report in The Daily Courier in Prescott, Ariz.

Motorists on Route 45 in Lindenhurst and Old Mill Creek can expect daily closures between Grass Lake Road and Country Place as the Millburn bypass projects ramps up.

Attendees Friday at Hoffman Estates' Northwest Fourth-Fest at the Sears Centre Arena could bask in nearly perfect summer weather, as heat, humidity and storms moved out of the area. The festival continues through Sunday.

Aurora police said they arrested a 21-year-old Aurora parolee who drove away during an attempted traffic stop June 29 and then ran after he crashed the vehicle.