For Sewa Diwali 2024 in Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Bartlett, and Carpentersville, kids in kindergarten to high school organized food collection in neighborhoods and at grocery stores with Sewa Diwali posters and flyers.

The community is invited to attend Hanover Township’s “Cookies and Cocoa with Santa” on Friday, Dec. 6, at the Izaak Walton Youth Center in Elgin.

Fireworks, Santa visits, parades, holiday performances and more are a part of suburban tree lightings this season.

A Schaumburg woman critically injured in a rollover crash Saturday morning has died from her injuries, the Cook County medical examiner’s office reported.

A rollover vehicle crash in Schaumburg just before noon Saturday sent one person to the hospital with critical injuries and kept traffic shut down in both directions around it for several hours afterward.

Hanover Township received four awards at the annual Township Officials of Illinois conference in Springfield on Nov. 13.

Hanover Township will distribute Thanksgiving meal boxes to families beginning November 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Hanover Township Astor Avenue Community Center, 7431 Astor Ave., in Hanover Park.

Communities across the suburbs will observe Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, with ceremonies and concerts. Here are some of the events planned in the suburbs in honor of the men and women who have served in the United States armed forces:

The Hanover Township Department of Youth & Family Services will host “Hanover Haunts” on Friday, Oct. 18.