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Aircraft strikes sign at DuPage Airport, causing fuel leak

A single-engine aircraft preparing to depart DuPage Airport Wednesday morning instead overran a runway and struck a sign, causing a fuel leak, authorities said.

Downers Grove North High School senior Dashiell Speir, with several of his artworks. Speir has been offered $524,000 worth of art-school scholarships, after exhibiting his work in an Illinois High School Art Exhibition this spring.

Color them talented: Teen artists offered big scholarship money

A Downers Grove teen is among a score of suburban high school students offered six-figures worth of scholarship money to continue their arts education.

South Elgin man charged in Lombard crash that killed woman

A South Elgin man has been charged with causing a fatal crash while intoxicated, killing a 35-year-old woman and seriously injuring a passenger in her vehicle.

Illinois Department of Revenue Director David Harris speaks to a Senate committee about the state budget on Wednesday.

Illinois’ budget picture tightens in final stretch amid economic uncertainty

Growing pessimism over the direction of the global economy is leading budget analysts for the governor’s office and Illinois’ legislature to temper revenue expectations less than three weeks before lawmakers are set to finalize a new budget.

Teenager collapses on Huntley High track Monday, revived by portable defibrillator

A 16-year-old boy collapsed Monday evening at the Huntley High School track and was revived by an automated external defibrillator, authorities said.

Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius after a hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship.

IDPH: Illinois resident being tested for hantavirus strain different from cruise ship infections

As global attention centers on a fatal outbreak of the Andes strain of hantavirus on a cruise ship, Illinois Department of Public Health officials announced a state resident is potentially infected with a different form of the disease.

Some Kane County residents have complained about a recent redesign of the property tax bill, in part, because it includes a photo of Kane County Treasurer Chris Lauzen.

Kane County tax bill angering some residents, but it's not why you think

Kane County’s property tax bills are drawing the ire of some residents who say the mailing looks more like campaign literature than a tax bill.

St. Julian Eymard Catholic Church in Elk Grove Village will close its doors and fully consolidate with its sister church, Queen of the Rosary, in January.

Declining attendance, donations behind St. Julian Eymard closure in Elk Grove

St. Julian Eymard Catholic Church in Elk Grove Village will close and consolidate with Queen of the Rosary church in January 2027 as a result of declining Mass attendance and financial struggles across both sites, officials said.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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