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Rides and games were going strong Saturday as the sun finally showed up for day three of Wauconda Fest.

The Prospect Heights Block Party from 2 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday included food trucks, children's games, inflatables, a regional teen battle of the bands, voice competition finals, a free swim and a Lions Club duck race to raise funds for good causes.

A pilfered bottle of liquor leads to a confrontation, a shooting and two Aurora man in jail.

The backdrop of Naper Settlement keeps bringing back artists and art enthusiasts alike to the Naperville Woman's Club Fine Art Fair, and helped make the juried two-day event the longest continuously running art fair in Illinois.

Lisa Selby, a cancer patient at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, spearheaded the creation of a fund to help others who are fighting the disease.

Helen Muha loved life, her family, harmonicas, the color purple, red hats and volunteering, which won her accolades from Bartlett to St. Charles.

After 69 years, Geneva's Swedish Days, the "Granddaddy of Illinois Festivals," doesn't disappoint and always has something for everyone to enjoy.

A 39-year-old woman was stabbed in the abdomen Saturday morning in what authorities describe as a domestic incident in the courtyard of a Palatine condominium complex.

The self-inflicted death last fall of a high school student from their town convinced Lisle-area officials it was time to take action.

Vernon Hills village leaders say they support Hawthorn District 73 but have questioned figures associated with a building plan to address crowding