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Art Van Furniture, a furniture and mattress retailer, will celebrate the grand opening of its new, 30,000-square-foot showroom at 6911 W. Grand Ave., Gurnee on Saturday, July 14 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The third of five Lake County residents previously accused of committing voter fraud in Lake County during the 2016 election pleaded guilty to lesser charges in court Tuesday.

Round Lake Beach's Midweek Break on the Lake starts at 6 tonight.

In a move they say will avoid costly litigation, Mount Prospect officials have approved a $145,000 settlement to a lawsuit claiming a former police officer conducted a 55-minute traffic stop while the man he pulled over was suffering a heart attack.

A 27-year-old suburban native who loved volleyball, art and food and was shot to death in Mexico will be laid to rest at her family's church in Bloomingdale.

Learn about the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's ON TO 2050 regional plan Thursday in Libertyville.

Weather played tricks on Ribfest this year in Naperville, decreasing attendance, but organizers said they rallied to still offer food, concerts and fireworks.

Libertyville and officials from the AptarGroup are working on a plan to clean up plastic material that washed into a retention pond in a business park

It takes a lot to surprise Cathy Weadley of Arlington Heights. After teaching physical education to students for 37 years in Prospect Heights Elementary District 23, she's seen it all. But last month, students at Anne Sullivan School in Prospect Heights surprised her with a "marathon" retirement party that drew staff, parents and even members of the Prospect Heights Police and its K-9 unit.

A bit of Ireland will return to the Northwest Suburbs this week when the Arlington Heights Historical Museum holds its 19th annual Irish Fest July 13-14.