A dryer fire in St. Charles on Thursday caused around $60,000 in damages, authorities said, displacing residents in two apartments.

A 24-year old man died and a 23-year old woman is in critical condition following a vehicle crash in Aurora, authorities said.

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More than two dozen emergency personnel responded to a house fire in Aurora that injured one man and displaced a family and their dog, authorities said.

Martha Sanchez of State Street Jewelers was named the 2025 Geneva Chamber of Commerce Wood Award recipient Thursday night.

Elgin police Sgt. Richard Free IV, who died Nov. 2, will be laid to rest Friday in Lake County.

Why smash pumpkins? Because it’s fun. Why else smash pumpkins? Because recycling pumpkins into smushed, nutrient-rich compost for soil and gardening prevents build-up in landfills creating more of a trick than a treat for the environment.

Benet girls volleyball continued its quest for its fourth consecutive trip to state, taking down St. Charles North for the third time this season to clinch the Class 4A Glenbard West Sectional title.

Burlington Central, seeking its first sectional title since since 2008, fell to St. Viator 25-10, 25-20 on Thursday night in the Class 3A IC Catholic Sectional championship. Senior captain Haidyn Schatz paced the Rockets with eight kills.

A Batavia chiropractor has been charged after authorities alleged he secretly videotaped more than 180 of his patients, most of them women and young girls, as they undressed or were nude.