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Jarosch Bakery merging in a move owners say will preserve business for generations

Jarosch Bakery, a Northwest suburban institution for lovers of coffee cake, butter cookies and other sweets for more than six decades, is merging with a Chicago bakery in a move its owners say will preserve its future for generations to come.

Cat condos and better digs for dogs: DuPage County animal shelter undergoing a $14 million expansion

Why seeds and shells are a no-no at some suburban ball fields

A good deal for the suburbs? Transit merger proposal raises questions about finances, fairness

Motorcyclist critically injured in Port Barrington crash

Police: Man struck former employer with car, set Des Plaines business on fire

From promises of no new taxes to Burnham, Bears’ latest stadium presentation sounded familiar

Republicans slam a controversial new election law that favors incumbent legislators.

Republicans slam new state election law favoring incumbents

SPRINGFIELD — With about three weeks to go before the Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn its spring legislative session, supermajority Democrats flexed the...

JCC Chicago has operated Elaine Frank Apachi day camp near Long Grove since 2008. In 2023, Sunrise Day Camp for kids with cancer was opened and shares the campus. Camp Director Karen Abrams and Jennifer Zislis, director of operations, check out one of four yurts new this season.

‘We try to make every day the best day’: Sunrise day camp lets children with cancer do kid things

About this time every year, preparations intensify for the pending arrival of hundreds of kids who will attend the eight-week summer session at Elaine Frank Apachi Day Ca...

Stevenson High School graduate Paul Juda, a graduate student at the University of Michigan, competes on pommel horse at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio. Juda won floor exercise, his fourth NCAA individual title.

Next stop, Paris? Stevenson grad wins NCAA floor exercise

Perhaps we’ll see him at the Paris Olympics... University of Michigan gymnast and graduate student Paul Juda (Stevenson High School) won the floor exercise at the NCAA Ch...

Lombard police responded to a report of an armed person at Yorktown Center mall Saturday afternoon, but later determined the call likely was a case of “swatting.”

Lombard police investigating ‘swatting’ at Yorktown Center

Lombard police responded to reports Saturday of an armed person at Yorktown Center mall, but later determined the report likely was a case of “swatting.” Swatting is a te...

A view of the St. Charles dam and the Fox River.

St. Charles’ Dam Task Force raises questions on who owns the dam

About 70 people attended the second St. Charles Dam Task Force meeting on May 2, where members were appointed to subcommittees, heard presentations from city and park dis...

Tyrone D. Jones, 36, of Elgin was arrested Saturday by Harvard police, authorities said.

Police: Elgin man arrested while fleeing shooting scene

An Elgin man was arrested Saturday evening at the scene of a shooting in Harvard, police said. The Harvard Police Department and Harvard Fire Protection District respon...

Grayslake Central’s Sean Mullen attacks the pole vault at the 2023 Lake County boys track and field meet in Grayslake.

Daredevils: It takes a ‘risk taker’ to soar over a bar as high as a house just for sport

The skinny on pole vaulters is that they are a little off. A group that gets their kicks catapulting upside-down over a metal bar as high as a house. One must be “a littl...