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Firefighters battled a blaze Wednesday in a homeless encampment near the Fox River in Elgin.

Fire at Elgin homeless encampment spurs donation drives by local businesses

A fire in a homeless encampment in Elgin Wednesday night remains under investigation Thursday and has sparked a wave of donations to those affected.

The breakfast room of the George and Suzanne Busse home in Mount Prospect features a table decorated with a centerpiece of natural materials, Christmas crackers on the plates, nutcrackers and heavy wrapping paper serving as a table runner.

Decorated for the holidays: Tradition and history come alive in annual house walk

Six homes will be open for visitors to take in the spirit of the season on the Mount Prospect Historical Society’s Holiday Housewalk. Among them will be the Colonial-style home of a descendant of one of the village’s founding families.

‘This should not have happened in the first place’: Student allowed to use accessible parking placard at high school

The standoff between an Elgin family and Burlington-based Central Unit School District 301 over whether a student with an accessible parking placard can use it at his high school without a school parking pass is over.

Clerks Brian Brookins, left, and Tony Sebastian feed the Small Delivery Unit Package Sorter Thursday in Naperville. The machine can scan about 3,300 packages an hour.

‘Busier and busier’: How the USPS makes billions of holiday deliveries

From toys, cards, letters to Santa and maybe even some furniture, veteran postal workers are ready for the holiday rush. Here’s how they pull it off.

A TikTok trend has given the humble onion its sexiest breakout part since that bloomin’ appetizer came along.

TikTok’s ‘onion boil’ isn’t boiled. It’s so good it doesn’t matter.

A TikTok trend has given the humble onion its sexiest breakout part since that bloomin’ appetizer came along.

Sweet-tart cranberries and candied ginger make this buckle the perfect holiday treat

This versatile cranberry and candied ginger buckle is a great breakfast treat, an excellent midday sweet alongside tea or coffee, or not-too-heavy after-dinner dessert.

“The Simpsons” iconic pink car display will only be available at the Volo Museum in Volo through Dec. 31.

Volo Museum debuts Homer Simpson’s car for 35th anniversary of iconic show

The Volo Museum is unveiling a special Christmas display to celebrate the 35th anniversary of “The Simpsons.” This one-of-a-kind exhibit is a fan-recreated version of Homer Simpson’s iconic pink car, “The Junkola.”