An overview of the Trocadero venue with the Eiffel Tower in the background, in Paris, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024.

Olympic ceremonies on the Seine were a daring feat. Paris stuck the landing.

PARIS — France’s audacious plan to open the Paris Olympic Games on the Seine raised plenty of eyebrows before Friday night’s ceremonies. Detractors worried about security, about crowd management, about the logistics of moving 85 boats carrying 6,800 athletes down the Seine. Coordinated arson attacks...

With promise of $47 million in public funding, Schaumburg all in on The District

Democratic congressional candidates’ financial advantage this cycle is ‘overwhelming’

Arrest made in Round Lake Beach girl’s fatal shooting, police say

Citing safety and building height, Arlington Heights panel rejects affordable housing plan

Domestic violence deaths more than doubled in Illinois last year, new report shows

Lombard murder victim identified

Kailee Brzezinski of Palatine checks her shopping list during a visit to the new Amazon Fresh grocery store in Arlington Heights on Thursday. The store’s opening was three years in the making, amid the e-commerce giant’s nationwide pause in brick-and-mortar grocery expansion.

After pause, Amazon resumes suburban grocery store rollout. But will it catch on?

It was the worst-kept secret in Arlington Heights over the last three years — the smiling arrow signage and green color scheme on the building facade might have given it away — but at long last, a new Amazon Fresh grocery store is open.

St. Francis graduate and Bartlett native Kelsey Robinson-Cook will compete in her third Olympic Games in women’s volleyball. In Paris, she and the United States Women’s National Team aim to defend their gold medal earned at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Going for Gold: Here are the suburban athletes on Team USA competing in Paris

Who’s doing what and when for Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney representing the family of Sonya Massey, stands next to a diagram from the slain woman's autopsy on Friday in Springfield, and gestures to show the downward angle in which Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson shot Massey in the face early on July 6. Massey had called 911 with suspicions of a prowler near her Springfield home. Grayson has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and other charges.

Autopsy confirms Sonya Massey died from gunshot wound to head, as attorney calls shooting senseless

SPRINGFIELD — Autopsy findings released Friday on Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriff's deputy charged in her...

Elgin Mall opens new location in East Dundee

The Elgin Mall of East Dundee opened Friday to customers at its new location.

Police: Man drove 123 mph during chase in DuPage County

A man has been charged with driving more than 123 mph as Naperville police chased him.

Man faces child sex charges after amateur sting

A sex offender was arrested Thursday on new charges, after two minors fooled him in to thinking he was meeting up with a 15-year-old girl for sex in Aurora.

SWAT officers responded Wednesday during an armed standoff in Schaumburg that started when a tree trimmer was shot during a dispute with a resident, authorities said. Charges are pending against the resident, police said Thursday.

Man charged in Schaumburg shooting; victim remains in serious condition

A Schaumburg man accused of shooting a tree-trimmer Wednesday after complaining about noise now is facing charges, officials announced late Thursday.

Former Bears kicker Robbie Gould was named the new varsity football coach at Rolling Meadows High School.

Who are the new prep football coaches to watch this season?

The coaching carousel in prep football didn’t spin too much in the offseason, but there will be some interesting new faces on area sidelines in 2024.

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