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Faeries festival enchants South Elgin with third annual celebration

Jul 25, 2026 4:53 pm - The vibrant sounds of electric harps from the Harp twins and Viking drums from the Volfgang twins filled the Faerie realm at Vasa Park in South Elgin during Saturday’s third annual Faeries of the Forest Festival.
1 killed, 2 others hospitalized after pre-dawn crash in Barrington Hills

By Marni Pyke
Jul 25, 2026 2:34 pm - Police said speed appeared to be a “contributing factor” in an early morning crash that killed a teenager and injured two other people Saturday in Barrington Hills.
Antioch again delays proposed Veterans Memorial site decision: ‘They keep moving the goalposts’

By GREGORY HARUTUNIAN
Jul 25, 2026 2:11 pm - Two motions that would have effectively moved the location of a proposed Veterans Memorial from a wetlands site were tabled Wednesday by the Antioch Village Board.
Largest known US cyclospora outbreak has now spread to nine states, including Illinois

By Lena H. Sun and Jenny Ye
Jul 25, 2026 2:01 pm - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has linked four additional states to a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak traced to shredded iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico.
Streamwood parade focuses on home

By Joe Lewnard
Jul 25, 2026 1:55 pm - Elements of the “Wizard of Oz” were scattered throughout the “No Place Like Home” parade Saturday as part of this year’s Streamwood Summer Celebration.
Houthis fire missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to strikes on a Yemeni city

By SAMY MAGDY and GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO
Jul 25, 2026 1:26 pm - Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Saturday that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in another escalation over vital shipping routes in the Middle East while the United States and Iran vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz.
‘We were shovel ready’: A Minnesota forest hit by DOGE cuts is now ablaze

By Brianna Sacks
Jul 25, 2026 1:08 pm - Last year, the Trump administration delayed a $10 million grant that was supposed to help Minnesota thin out about 4,000 acres of dense, dry forest at high risk of burning. Most of that work never got started, according to five people familiar with the situation and a document reviewed by The Washington Post. And now, some of those areas are on fire.
Trump orders warning signs near Smithsonian, escalating fight over history

By Jonathan Edwards
Jul 25, 2026 12:49 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the installation of signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History that warn people that the museum does not accurately reflect American history while pointing them to material that does — a dramatic escalation in his campaign to wrest control of how the nation’s story is told.
Deer-ly departed: Illinois allows residents to claim roadkill bucks and does — and thousands do

By Jake Griffin
Jul 25, 2026 12:30 pm - Roughly 2,500 roadkill deer are claimed each year by Illinois residents looking to process the meat for food or have the animal taxidermied, according to figures from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
‘When in doubt, stay out’: Experts warn about potential toxic algal blooms in local waters

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jul 25, 2026 12:15 pm - Local and state experts warn: Keep yourself and pets out of algae-laden waterways. because sometimes, where there is algae, there are also toxin-emitting bacteria.

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