Cases, hospitalizations trending down in Illinois; Schaumburg Township sets vaccine clinic on April 29; Flight-for-life Helicopter called to crash near St. Charles

A wave of minority candidates sweeps over the suburbs with dozens of contenders capturing seats on various municipal, school, township, library, and park boards; New study finds that remote work makes us more productive; Horses, owners, trainers, fans, and employees return Friday to Arlington Park for the first post of what’s expected to be the last season

Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley calls on residents to help officers investigate three reports of shots fired; Prosecutors say homework assignment sparks sexual abuse charges; Schaumburg Costco expanding parking lot

State colleges and universities won't require students to have COVID-19 shots; Schaumburg police have issued a community alert in the wake of two carjackings earlier in the week; Century Tile & Carpet is closing all 4 of its stores

Two Judson University students were killed and two were injured in a multiple-vehicle accident on Route 31 near the Elgin campus; Cook County is opening two mass vaccination sites for walk-in appointments as part of a pilot project; Village officials in Vernon Hills have again nixed the Summer Celebration festival and the Fourth of July parade due to coronavirus concerns

13 Hersey High School students have tested positive for COVID-19, 155 are in mandated quarantine; Illinois is expecting about 15 percent fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses this week; Schaumburg police are investigating separate carjackings reported Sunday and Monday

The numbers of youths ages 5 to 17 contracting COVID-19 are more than doubling across Cook and the collar counties; The late-season cold snap brings questions from anxious gardeners; The race for mayor in Des Plaines was an expensive one, with all three candidates building five-figure war chests

3.3 million state residents are now fully inoculated against the coronavirus; Streamwood fire injures resident; Alma Wahlberg, mom to Donnie and Mark, dies at 78

Cook and its 5 suburban collar counties all showed improvements in the latest ranking of the healthiest places to live in Illinois; To hold a festival or not hold a festival? That seems to be the question of the summer for village officials; The Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans is seeking help winning a contest

Illinois has now fully vaccinated nearly 25 percent of the state’s population; Among those nearly 3.2 million people fully vaccinated, 771 have gotten the disease anyway and 13 have died; Last Fling organizers are moving ahead with plans for a scaled-back version of Naperville’s popular Labor Day weekend tradition