Halloween is Tuesday, Oct. 31. Some communities are offering printable signs for those who wish to inform trick-or-treaters that their household is opting out of giving candy or information on recycling your pumpkin at Pumpkin Smash events. See yo...

For years, it was “a rite of passage” for Northwest suburbanites to check out supposedly haunted Cuba Road at night, actor/filmmaker Jon Lee Brody explained. So it made perfect sense for the Palatine native, who now lives in Los Angeles, to borrow h...

Ongoing Pumpkin Fest: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Tuesday, Oct. 31, at Cosley Zoo, 1356 N. Gary Ave., Wheaton. Animals, a straw pyramid and thousands of pumpkins scattered on the zoo's lawn. $10 nonresident adults 18-54, $9 nonresident adult...

Nearly 12 years ago, after a Cook County judge sentenced him to life in prison for the 2006 murder of aspiring Rolling Meadows rapper Marquis Lovings, Patrick Taylor insisted he would be back. “I'll be back on appeal," Taylor said during his Novemb...

Authorities on Thursday identified Sylvia M. Anderson of Fox River Grove as the woman killed in a crash involving a semitrailer truck and two passenger vehicles Wednesday afternoon in Barrington Hills. Police said Anderson, 74, was driving a 2016 Le...

Starts before Friday Randall Oaks Fall Festival: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 29, at Randall Oaks Zoo, 1180 N. Randall Road, West Dundee. Pedal tractors, pumpkins and fall treats for sale, and on weekends, hayrides for $3.50 and ...

Starts before Friday Happy Times Pumpkinfest: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 29, (closed Tuesdays) at Didier Farms, 16678 W. Aptakisic Road, Lincolnshire. Food, activities, pig races and more. Free; fee for activities. happytimesp...

Lombard Village Manager Scott Niehaus is in a position many suburban municipal leaders find themselves in three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “On any given day, we're on a rolling vacancy level of seven to 10 positions,” he said. “...