Two people died in a fiery two-vehicle crash on Interstate 88 in Aurora early Wednesday morning. The Illinois State Police said the crash remains under investigation.

A woman was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound in Elgin Monday. Police are asking anyone with information on the incident to contact the department.

A woman was transported to the hospital and a 21-year-old man was cited by police after a seven-vehicle crash shut down South Randall Road in Batavia early Monday morning.

An Aurora man has been charged with murder in a crash in which police said he drove the wrong way on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago after an argument with his passenger, who was killed.

Two 20-year-olds from Kane County have died after they went missing while kayaking near Washington Island in Door County, Wisconsin, authorities said Monday. The deaths were announced after a multiple-day search and rescue effort.

Campton Hills is hosting National Night Out from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4 at the Congregational United Church of Christ, 40W451 Fox Mill Blvd., Campton Hills.

Amy “Murri” Briel and Veronica Garcia-Martinez, two Democratic candidates vying for state representative in House Districts 70 and 76, made a pitch to voters during a campaign stop in Cortland recently, stumping on the issue of special education.

A St. Charles retailer announced she is offering three original oil and airbrush paintings by the late celebrated Japanese American artist Carl Hayano, a late NIU faculty member.

Geneva police are hosting their second annual National Night Out from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4 at Geneva Middle School South, 1415 Viking Drive.

The Fourth of July “No Refusal” initiative resulted in five arrests and one search warrant, authorities announced. That included the arrest of a man in a crash that killed a Geneva woman.