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A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with shooting at two people on June 17 in a grocery store parking lot on Aurora's near west side, police said.

Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 board members have approved a tentative budget for the 2018-19 school year that anticipates an 8.3 percent increase in costs and a 3.5 percent increase in revenues.

Buffalo Grove will spend as much as $36,000 on efforts to let the public know about upcoming road projects in the village -- even though other public bodies are conducting the work.

Members of a city council committee backed away from limiting the height of hoop houses at 6 feet in Elmhurst after supporters argued the temporary growing structures should be taller.

Testimony begins in the trial of Donnie Rudd, a former Northwest suburban attorney charged with murdering his second wife, 19-year-old Noreen Kumeta Rudd, in 1973 to collect $120,000 in insurance payouts.

Attorneys for the five former Wheaton College football players charged in the 2016 hazing scandal that injured a teammate have long speculated that the victim suffered from pre-existing shoulder injuries, going so far as subpoenaing Charles Nagy's medical records. But attorneys for Benjamin Pettway, one of two remaining men not to plead to charges in the case, have filed a new motion in DuPage County alleging proof of the prior injury may exist on the victim's cellphone.

Kildeer officials and police have spent nearly three years preparing for this week's KPMG Women's PGA Championship at the Kemper Lakes Golf Club.

Mundelein officials plan to knock down four homes and a commercial building on South Lake Street and create a new park that provides public access to Diamond Lake.

Michael A. Tosto, a longtime Elk Grove Village trustee, volunteer firefighter and World War II veteran, died Saturday at his home in Elgin. He was 91.

A 27-year-old man from Des Plaines has been identified as the victim of a fiery crash on Quentin Road in Kildeer Monday, authorities said.