Drought conditions in the suburbs; Man charged in 1972 murder of 15-year-old Naperville girl; The state has recorded the lowest single-day percentage of new COVID-19 cases; Governor J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed a law establishing legislative district maps

Mount Prospect police continue to investigate a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a man in a wheelchair; Illinois hospitals are treating the fewest number of patients with the disease since the state started tracking the metric; The state’s vaccination numbers are only inching up; More festivals are returning, but Pride parades proceed with caution.

Suburban residents make up more than half of those who received COVID-19 vaccine doses each day during the past week; The state’s 7 day average case positivity rate continues to drop; Schaumburg’s Woodfield Trolley service is expected to return on July 2; Randhurst Mall owner wants to sell up to 15 outlots.

A late Monday night fire at an Addison business that tows and repairs large trucks destroyed 12 vehicles and 8 trailers; Illinois will soon join a coalition of states operating lotteries for residents who have received COVID-19 vaccine shots; The latest pandemic push is to roll out more COVID-19 inoculations at doctor’s offices; Sunday afternoon will see the second Buffalo Grove Pride Drive; A 15-year-old Chicago boy has been identified as one of two people killed Monday in a two-vehicle crash on I-90

The daily number of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois is continuing to decline; Two teens charged in fire at former McHenry roller rink; No one hurt after townhomes catch fire in Hainesville

Birth control bill passes in Illinois House; Illinois reaches vaccine milestone as new case figures hit 10-month low; Des Plaines man opened fire on police, tied to $22 million drug bust

Memorial Day observances in the suburbs are proudly back in person;Two married couples are now on one village board; Morton Arboretum has new giant sculptures

Illinois is now averaging fewer than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 a day; The free Barrington Art Festival is returning in full swing this weekend; Bartlett’s 4th of July Festival will be back this year; The former Just For Fun Roller Rink in McHenry is a “total loss and has collapsed” after a fire.

A street race triggered the April 20 crash that killed 2 Judson University students in Elgin, authorities said; Frontier Days organizers are reversing course and planning a scaled-down version; Several mass vaccination sites that opened this winter are closing; A lower-level Arlington Heights committee Wednesday night tackled a big topic: the fate of Arlington Park

The association representing horse owners and trainers at Arlington Park has called on the Illinois attorney general to launch an antitrust investigation into track owner Churchill Downs; Providers in Illinois have administered more than 11 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine; The Schaumburg Boomers will return to the recently renamed Wintrust Field tonight after a yearlong hiatus.