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The world’s largest steam locomotive, the Big Boy No. 4014, is running through the suburbs later this week and stopping in West Chicago for the weekend.

News | 'It's beyond miraculous': World's largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, coming to West Chicago

Union Pacific's historic Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014 is rolling through the suburbs and stopping Friday afternoon in West Chicago. For train enthusiasts, many of whom never thought they'd see a Big Boy run again, "it's beyond miraculous."
Bruce Mirabella

DuPage County | Bartlett man charged with punching Jewel grocery bagger with special needs

A Bartlett man is accused of punching and kicking a grocery store bagger.
Admission to the carnival at the Last Fling festival Labor Day weekend in Naperville will remain free, but admission to the rest of the fest — including the main stage — will cost $10 a day or $30 for a four-day pass.

News | Why it won't be free to enter Naperville's Last Fling

Getting into anything other than the carnival at the Last Fling festival this Labor Day weekend in Naperville will come with a $10 cost.
Fish swim in a 3,500-gallon tank set up for the DuPage County Fair in Wheaton. A crew from the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County caught the fish Tuesday morning.

DuPage County | How do you stock a 3,500-gallon tank full of fish at the DuPage County Fair?

Fish ecologist Dan Grigas had one morning of fishing to stock a 3,500-gallon tank for a popular educational exhibit returning to the DuPage County Fair, which begins Wednesday.
Former U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton is working for a the law firm Sidley Austin LLP as a partner in its Government Strategies group. “There’s a season to things. The season for me in public life, I think, has come to a close,” he said.
Politics | Roskam on being in the private sector: 'The season for me in public life, I think, has come to a close'
In his old job as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 6th Congressional District, Republican Peter Roskam worked on health care, trade and tax matters. In his new job as a partner in the Government Strategies group at the law firm Sidley Austin LLP, Roskam says he'll again work on health care, trade and tax matters -- just from a different perspective.
News | Lawsuit: Carpentersville HR manager fired for probing 'vulgar' remarks by village president
Carpentersville's former human resources director has sued the village, arguing he was fired in retaliation for investigating "numerous vulgar, gender specific remarks" made by Village President John Skillman in front of the female village clerk in 2017.
Crime | Aurora won't start enforcement against child sex offenders staying at church mission -- for now
Aurora won't start enforcement against child sex offenders staying at church mission, for now, while suit proceeds.
Kurt E. Johnson pleaded guilty to misdemeanor attempted stalking.
Kane County | Paroled murderer pleads guilty to reduced charge in strip club dancer stalking case
An Oswego man on parole for a 1993 murder who was arrested on charges he stalked a dancer at an Elgin-area strip club in early 2013 has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge.
A crash Tuesday morning at Route 72 and Richard J. Brown Boulevard in Pingree Grove makes the sixth one there this year, same as the total number for 2018. The village is waiting for a traffic light OK from the Illinois Department of Transportation.
News | Sixth crash this year where Pingree Grove wants to install traffic light
A woman and two young children didn't suffer any major injuries Tuesday in a crash at an intersection in Pingree Grove where the village has been waiting for state approval for a traffic light, officials said.
State Rep. David McSweeney
News | McSweeney returns legislative pay raise, hopes others will follow
Republican state Rep. David McSweeney of Barrington Hills says he hopes to lead by example in returning his recent legislative pay increase, even though outright refusal of it can't be done in Illinois.
Guatemalan men who were deported from the United States, change money after arriving at the Air Force Base in Guatemala City, Tuesday, July 16.
Politics | Chicago leaders helped slow ICE roundup that netted 35 arrests out of 2,100 sought
An immigration enforcement operation that President Donald Trump said was part of an effort to deport "millions" of people from the United States resulted in 35 arrests, officials said Tuesday. 
Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada in an undated photo from the Council Bluffs Police Department.
News | A supermarket worker vanished 10 years ago. He was trapped behind a cooler the whole time.
The coolers made so much noise that Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada's cries for help were likely muffled, police said.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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People stop and check out a rainbow that seems to cross the sky over St. Charles as temperatures reached in the mid 90s Saturday, July 13, 2019 at the Kane County Fair.
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