A shuttered strip club, brazen jewel thieves and the demise of one of the region’s most popular festivals were among the top suburban news stories of 2024.

Schaumburg’s ambitious five-year, $412.7 million capital improvement plan includes replacements of village hall and the police station, renovations to two fire stations and the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts, all without raising taxes.

Meet Chicago Northwest offers a lineup of festive holiday happenings across Chicago’s Northwest suburbs.

Mark your calendar for Dickens in Dundee, tree lightings, parades and festivals throughout the suburbs, Breakfast with Santa, Highwood’s Elf Invasion Pub Crawl, “Nutcrackers” and more happening this week.

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

A man accused of stabbing another man in a road-rage incident Tuesday in Addison has been charged with aggravated battery.

A Bloomingdale man has been charged with shooting at another man after a traffic dispute in Roselle Thursday.

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:

Schaumburg officials are recommending increased license fees, creating distance requirements and prohibiting corporate ownership of short-term rental housing within the village.

A Roselle woman died following a two-vehicle crash Sunday night on Interstate 90 near Hoffman Estates that injured two others.