Oct. 1 Lake Bluff Rib Fest: 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at Lake Bluff Village Green, 40 E. Center Ave., Lake Bluff. A friendly rib competition between teams of community members. lakebluff.org. Fall Color Walk: Dawn to dusk Oct. 1-31 at Pr...

Starts before Friday Didier Farms Pumpkinfest: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 30, at Didier Farms, 16678 W. Aptakisic Road, Lincolnshire. Hayrides, corn maze, pig races, Animal Land Zoo, Pumpkin Playland. Prices vary by activity. d...

Starts before Friday Goebbert's Fall Festival: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Monday, Oct. 31, at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard, 42W813 Reinking Road, Pingree Grove, and 40 W. Higgins Road, South Barrington. Animals, mazes, wagon r...

Federal regulators got an earful Monday about the proposed merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railways at a forum in Itasca. The two railroads are among the smallest of the freight carriers, but joined they would form a massive ...

Daily Goebbert's Fall Festival: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Monday, Oct. 31, at 42W813 Reinking Road, Pingree Grove. Animals, mazes, wagon rides, pig races and more. See website for activity hours. Tickets are $17 on weekdays, $20 on weekends and ...

Starts before Friday Lake County Fair: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, July 28; 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 29-30; and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 31, at the Lake County Fairgrounds & Event Center, 1060 E. Peterson Road, Graysl...

A 22-year-old Roselle man was ordered held without bond Sunday on charges alleging he shot an innocent bystander in the head early Saturday morning during an altercation with another man at a restaurant. Jamie Quijano, of the 200 block of Walter Dri...

Roselle police have detained a person of interest tied to a restaurant shooting early Saturday morning, according to officials. At about 12:21 a.m., Roselle police officers responded to reports of shots fired at Bulldog Ale House on the 300 block of...

Despite being one of the few states in the country to require both a permit and background check before purchasing a firearm, Illinois still deals with a significant number of firearms crimes. Even as legislators beef up laws designed to keep firear...