10 stories you may have missed
1. After decades of court battles with various strip clubs, a $16 million lawsuit involving Blackjacks Gentlemen's Club being the latest, the suburbs are witnessing the slow death of a business rife with legal trouble.
2. It took Najamul and Nausheen Hasan about three years to build their dream home - a 9,200-square-foot mansion in a Barrington Hills subdivision - but now that it's ready, they still can't move in. The village refuses to grant them an occupancy permit until they plant more trees.
3. Some essay contests offer a chance to be published. Others feature cash prizes. But the competition launched by the owners of the Michelin Guide-rated Borrowed Earth Cafe in Downers Grove offers something truly unique for its winner - the restaurant.
4. For many in Yorkville, the idea that former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert - called Denny by most in town - would be the target of a federal indictment was unthinkable.
5. The indictment of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was triggered by his effort to hide payments of hush money to a male student he allegedly sexually molested decades ago, a federal law enforcement official said.
6. Remember last month, when Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes said a proposal to add table games to a gambling expansion at Arlington Park was "not fitting" for the village? Never mind. Hayes is now backing the plan, according to a letter sent Friday to a state lawmaker.
7. Former Chicago Bulls player and coach Rick Brunson was found not guilty of charges he sexually assaulted a massage therapist at a Vernon Hills fitness center in 2014. A Lake County judge ruled prosecutors were "unable to meet the burden of proof required" to convict Brunson.
8. A tanker truck loaded with about 8,500 gallons of fuel rolled over and exploded early Sunday morning on Interstate 90 near Rosemont. Its driver somehow walked away unscathed.
9. It's now up to Gov. Bruce Rauner to approve a plan that aims to curb suburban heroin abuse that has received overwhelming support in both the House and Senate.
10. Some defendants facing prostitution charges in Cook County could avoid jail time under a new court diversion program focusing on addiction treatment, counseling and other services.