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A still image from Naperville police body-camera video shows a man with a hatchet coming toward an officer. The officer shot and killed the man.

Crime | Naperville officer's killing of hatchet-wielding man ruled justified

A Naperville police officer who shot a hatchet-wielding man to death in June was justified in doing so, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin has decided.
A great egret hunts in a stormwater detention pond on Courtland Street at Seymour Avenue in Mundelein. The village created the pond to relieve flooding in the area, and an ecosystem has developed there.

News | How an old corporate HQ became a natural habitat and solved a flooding problem in Mundelein

A man-made stormwater basin in Mundelein has become a thriving habitat for birds, insects and other creatures.
Robert Bevis, the owner of Law Weapons and Supply in Naperville, said he’ll go out of business if the city council passes an ordinance banning the sale of certain high-powered weapons.

News | 'Absolutely political theater': Naperville gun shop owner questions motives behind sales ban ordinance

If the Naperville City Council bans the sale of certain high-powered weapons, the owner of Law Weapons and Supply insists he'll be forced to seek a court injunction or else go out of business.
Travelers check in for flights at O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 3. The federal government is proposing new rules to make it easier for passengers to get refunds when flights are canceled or changed significantly.

Columns | Botched flight? New rules would ensure ticket refunds for cancellations

After a wretched summer of airline cancellations and delays, the U.S. government and Congress want to tweak rules to allow more ticket refunds. "I LOVE the idea as long as it really is what they say it is," one suburban traveler said.
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Crime | Bail set at $500,000 for man charged in Lake in the Hills stabbing
A 19-year-old man was being held in the McHenry County jail on $500,000 bail Monday after a stabbing in Lake in the Hills on Saturday.
Crime | Palatine police investigating after teen found shot outside business
Palatine police are investigating a shooting after finding a wounded teenager early Sunday morning outside a store on Rand Road.
FILE - Musician R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court building in Chicago on June 6, 2019. Kelly’s federal trial starts Monday in Chicago. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)
Crime | Jury selection focuses on 2019 R. Kelly documentary
Jury selection in R. Kelly's federal trial on charges that he rigged his 2008 state child pornography trial began Monday with the judge and attorneys quickly focusing on whether would-be jurors watched a 2019 documentary about sex abuse allegations against the R&B singer.
Rocio Sanchez, who was named Advocate Condell Medical Center’s 2021 Nurse of the Year in April, has been selected among the 40 Under 40 Emerging Nurse Leaders in Illinois by the Illinois Nurses Foundation. She also recently was recognized with the National Association of Hispanic Nurses 40 Under 40 Award in July.
Columns | Nursing is an 'art form' for Round Lake caregiver selected as emerging leader
From a young age, Rocio Sanchez was inspired by the care nurses provided her mother when she was pregnant with one of her siblings, and later when a mass was found in one of her mother's kidneys. "The impact that a nurse has on people when they are in their most vulnerable state, it was what really catapulted me to want to pursue this profession," said Sanchez, of Round Lake, who was recognized with the National Association of Hispanic Nurses 40 Under 40 Award in July.
DuPage Habitat for Humanity is building a 27-townhouse development in Hanover Park.
DuPage County | DuPage Habitat for Humanity helps make home ownership dream a reality
DuPage Habitat for Humanity continues to help area families achieve home ownership.
Most parking lots are almost empty in the middle of a weekday at Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale. The mall opened in 1981.
Commercial Real Estate | 'A fresh start': How Bloomingdale re-imagines Stratford Square Mall
Stratford Square Mall was once a bustling shopping destination and a cash cow, producing more than $20 million in sales tax revenue a decade ago. But that number quickly dwindled as department stores and other tenants closed shop. Fed up with the status quo, Bloomingdale leaders are re-imagining the future of the mall site.
CBD-infused pet treats for cats and dogs are just some of the products Stacy McCaskill of Hempstock Pharm outside of Woodstock sold at the McHenry County Fair on Aug. 6, 2022.
Business | Illinois hemp farmers call market the 'Wild West': 'The sky is the limit'
Growing hemp, a plant that was illegal in the U.S. for more than 70 years, is now akin to the Wild West, two northern Illinois farmers say.
The staff at the Newberry Library in Chicago announced a union-organizing drive in an open letter Monday.
Chicago | Newberry Library workers go public with union campaign
Employees at the Newberry Library are working to form a union with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which is fresh from successfully organizing staff at the Art Institute of Chicago and its school.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Late summer shadows fall on footprints in the sand during a pick up volleyball game at Hartmann Park in Vernon Hills recently. Players gathered during the National Night Out event at the park.
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It was standing room only when The Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated a ribbon cutting for Chez Francois Poutinerie, 22 East Chicago Avenue, Suite 120 in Naperville on Aug. 4. The ceremony was facilitated with esteemed ambassadors and community members, as well as civic leaders Illinois state Rep. Janet Yang Rohr. Naperville City Councilwoman Jennifer Bruzan Taylor represented the city of Naperville.
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Junior Tommy Guczal kicks during football practice at Deerfield High School Wednesday.
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Leo Garber and Josiah Dombrowski, both 2 and from Northbrook, take driving lessons at Northbrook Days Sunday, Aug. 7.
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Jose Rodriguez and Margarita Malgon, both of Elgin dance to the music of a mariachi band during one of five Elgin Police Department-organized National Night Out events Tuesday.
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