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A Kane County judge declined to reduce the 17-year prison sentence for a St. Charles man convicted of severely beating his wife in May 2016 and firing five shots at her and another woman in a residential neighborhood before being disarmed by the local school board president.

Maine West High School Principal Audrey Haugan is retiring after nearly three decades in Maine Township High School District 207, officials announced Friday.

Bids were opened Friday for the renovation of Libertyville's downtown Metra station.

A nearly $2.8 million deal for Prospect Heights to sell the final portion of city land once intended for a 12,000-seat arena is on hold.

Geneva aldermen appear ready to give a Dunkin' Donuts franchisee financial aid to open at 206 E. State St., despite a protest from another doughnut-seller.

If you'd love to be an Oscar Mayer wiener, if that is what you'd truly like to be, then Friday afternoon in Elmhurst was a little bit of hot dog heaven.

A new summer reading initiative meant to bring young people together is underway in Hanover Park.

In the early morning hours of March 31, 2015, Zachary Machnikowski stood over the bed of William and Mary Lenk of Naperville and stabbed them numerous times with a 10-inch long serrated bread knife. He did so, he told authorities, because their daughter called him "ugly" and he was tired of it.

West Dundee's vision of adding rooftops and spurring economic activity along Route 31 is starting to come to fruition as a new gated apartment community welcomes its first residents.

Wheeling Town Center is now taking reservations to rent a selection of 301 apartments at the $110 million development.