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The third of five former Wheaton College football players facing felonies in a 2016 hazing scandal has pleaded guilty to lesser misdemeanor charges. Samuel TeBos, 22, of Allendale, Michigan, pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor battery and was sentenced to one year of conditional discharge requiring him to pay a $250 anti-crime fee and complete 100 hours of public service -- including 25 hours of speaking to youths about the dangers of hazing.

Read the troll fairy story by Thomas Dambo introducing his exhibit of wooden giants to Morton Arboretum visitors.

Twelve people have been arrested in recent weeks by Elgin police after an investigation into midlevel drug and firearms trafficking, authorities said.

After years of complaints unheeded by the city of Elgin, the village of Pingree Grove decided to spend about $94,000 to pave Highland Avenue from Reinking to Damisch roads.

The Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 school board Monday night appointed two new administrators for the coming school year.

Two women escaped their car after driving it into a Lake in the Hills retention pond Monday night, and one remains in critical condition at the hospital, authorities say.

One person is in custody after barricading themselves in a home in Wauconda late Monday.

A 23-year-old woman faces a first-degree murder charge stemming from the fatal shooting last week of a Des Plaines man on Chicago's Northwest Side, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.

Pop performers Rick Springfield, Art Garfunkel Dennis DeYoung, Jefferson Starship and Jim Peterik are among the featured artists who will perform during the 2018-2019 Fine and Performing Arts season at Naperville's North Central College.

The Elgin Area School District U-46 school board Monday night reviewed a first draft of a $534.6 million spending plan for the 2018-19 school year.