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Michael A. Crigler and Gregory A. Boudreau, both of Elgin, were arrested after loaded firearms were found in their vehicle, authorities said.

A Wheeling teen who took a cash drawer from a Prospect Heights convenience store last November pleaded guilty to armed robbery and other charges in exchange for a 7-year sentence.

It was an exciting thought, but the old Nichols Library in downtown Naperville won't be turned into a craft distillery because the building can't fit needed equipment.

Schaumburg Police Chief James Lamkin announced Monday the hiring of Elgin Interim Police Chief Bill Wolf as his new deputy chief beginning Aug. 14.

TV's Craig Ferguson and Second City's Holiday Revue are among five acts scheduled to take center stage during the 2018-19 season at Aurora's downtown Paramount Theatre.

A researcher's quest for information about his ancestors drew him to an abandoned graveyard and prompted a move to refresh one of the oldest cemeteries in Lake County.

It's never too late to pursue your passion. At 54 years old and weeks away from the premiere of his first film, Marty McGinley says he's living proof.

Sunday's scorching temperatures might not have evoked images of Nordic fjords at Geneva's Good Templar Park, but everything else -- from the music to the food to the 125-year-old Viking ship -- celebrated Scandanavian culture during the annual Viking Midsummer Festival.

The annual Libertyville Days festival wrapped up Sunday, ending another four-day run of food and fun.

Rosemont is hiking its water rates by some 7 percent to pass along expected increases from the city of Chicago.