A Lake County teenager is charged with attempted murder and other felonies after Lake County sheriffs officials say he intentionally shot a 61-year-old relative in the face with a revolver Wednesday night at their home near Gurnee.

Mark your calendar for Libertyville Days, Taste of Des Plaines, Jazz and Wine Festival at Cantigny, the Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Antioch Wizards Weekend Day, Downers Grove Rotary GroveFest, Swedish Days and more happening this week.

Financially struggling ComEd customers can get grants of up to $500 to pay their energy bills under a new program.

Several new Illinois bills improve biking and pedestrian safety, including requirements for e-bike battery safety standards and fatal crash studies to protect vulnerable road users.

The Cubs finished their nine-game road trip with a 4-5 record after losing in Philadelphia on Wednesday. For a team with high expectations, this trek offered plenty of opportunities to pick apart flaws.

An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board crashed Thursday in Indias northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline said.

Citing national examples of long-burning fires, Arlington Heights officials are considering regulations banning electric vehicle charging stations in basement parking garages, despite state laws requiring EV infrastructure.

Northwest Fourth Fest, the regions largest free-admission Fourth of July Celebration, returns to Hoffman Estates this summer.

Barrington officials said progress is being made with a plan to install pedestrian safety gates at several Union Pacific railroad crossings in town.

Palatine Township District 15 is projecting a $7.2 million deficit in its operating revenues for the upcoming fiscal year and could see shrinking reserves.

The Lake County forest preserve system again will be expanding with three acquisitions including a gift being made to protect an irreplaceable part of the landscape thought to have begun its life before the American Revolution.

While the family of Schaumburgs influential early mayor Bob Atcher believes the next village hall should continue to be named in his honor, current Mayor Tom Dailly doesnt see that as a foregone conclusion.

Legendary Beach Boys leader and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Brian Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, spent some time in Illinois, living in a five-bedroom St. Charles home with a custom-built basement recording studio.

The Indian Prairie Unit District 204 school board hopes to have a new superintendent starting July 1, 2026.

An advisory panel in Carol Stream is recommending the village board reject a plan to build a 20-unit apartment development along Gary Avenue.

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired Good Vibrations, California Girls and other summertime anthems and made him one of the worlds most influential recording artists, has died at 82.

An armored vehicle carrying currency caught fire in the parking lot at Woodmans in Buffalo Grove Tuesday afternoon.

Cubs pitcher Cade Horton is scheduled to be matched up against Pittsburgh ace Paul Skenes on Friday.

Cubs assistant strength coach Mark Weisman took an interesting path to his current job. The former Stevenson High School football star left the Cubs to move to Israel before returning this season.

Visits to Ravinia Festival are an integral part of summer in the Chicago area, and while the musical acts are the headliners, dont sleep on it as a dining destination.

A Des Plaines woman was scammed out of an estimated $108,000 by someone she met on a dating app, police said Monday.

DuPage County officials could revisit a discussion of whether to pursue home-rule powers in light of a controversial measure that emerged in Springfield to save public transit from a massive budget shortfall.

A new Rosemont ordinance will let officers confiscate realistic-looking fake weapons at conventions and issue fines, prompted by cosplaying attendees who have carried imitation firearms and led to police calls in the past.

Teachers in Libertyville-Vernon Hills High School District 128 will be starting the coming school year with a new 5-year contract.

More than a decade after playing a critical role in the Rollins Gateway project a key corner property in Round Lake Beach has been sold for redevelopment.