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Sales tax revenue in Gurnee remained down but the village finished the fiscal year in the black despite several obstacles. The village budgeted to end Fiscal Year 2018 with a $870,632 deficit but they finished with a small surplus of $289,185.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, top corporate executives and Olympic athletes were among the panelists providing inspiration and insight Wednesday during the KPMG Women's Leadership Summit at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Kildeer.

Carpentersville resident Henry Owens slipped from a parasailing boat while vacationing with his family in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and was severely injured by the propellers. Both of his legs had to be amputated above the knee.

A North Aurora man is suing his former attorney, arguing he botched settlement negotiations over a faulty nail from a July 2009 hip surgery and now he can't seek damages in a product liability lawsuit.

The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce Women's Biz Net Council is requesting donations for its annual "Christmas in July" Food Pantry Drive to support families in need in the Barrington area.

Noreen Kumeta's only injuries were skull fractures and bleeding that caused her death, forensic pathologist Dr. Hilary McEllgiott testified Wednesday. Kumeta was married in 1973 to attorney Donnie Rudd, who is accused of killing her less than a month later and staging her death as a car accident.

Young artists got to learn from a professional Wednesday afternoon at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library.

Juan C. Urena, 20, of the 800 block of First Street in Ashton was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery and violation of an order of protection after authorities were called to the 700 block of Sumner Avenue near Aurora at 12:33 a.m. Monday for a report of a woman and a man fighting, according to a sheriff's report.

Cook County approved property tax incentives Wednesday for three industrial businesses in Elk Grove Village and a fourth Des Plaines.

The first of 150 desks secure through a GoFundMe campaign created by Oak Grove District 68 Superintendent Lonny Lemon were delivered this week to Ignacio L. Vallarta School in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.