By Luke Zurawski lzurawski@dailyherald.com Ready to get in the spirit of the holidays? Here's our annual list of where you can find tree lightings happening across the suburbs over the next few weeks. Friday, Nov. 17 Illuminate Northbrook: 5:30...

Starts before Friday Fall Flower Show: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Nov. 26 at Wilder Park Conservatory, Church Street and Prospect Avenue, Elmhurst. A seasonal display of fall flowers. epd.org. “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”: 1 and 7:3...

Veterans Day is Saturday, Nov. 11. The following events throughout the suburbs will pay tribute to those who have served our country. Nov. 11 Veterans Day breakfast: 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at Our Saviour's Lutheran campus, 815 S. Washington...

Schaumburg's regulation of short-term home rentals began with one luxurious backyard treehouse eight years ago, but a divided village board now is pondering whether stronger rules or even a ban may be called for on the market that's developed since....

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...

The Lake Park Theatre Department is putting on the hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery "Clue: On Stage High School Edition" Directed by English/drama teacher, Sara Keith, the tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble fo...

Armed with spray paint, Metra police officer Phillip Fortier crouches down and carefully marks the location of a body, a car and a train at a recent emergency drill. Then he goes high-tech, launching a DJI Mavic 3 drone above the simulated crash in ...

Libraries in Schaumburg and Aurora evacuated patrons and closed Tuesday afternoon after receiving bomb threats, the latest in a string of threats targeting suburban libraries. In Schaumburg, a threat made via an online chat message led to the evacua...