The DuPage County Sheriff will host an Safety Saturday event on Sept. 21

The La Grange Area League of Women Voters will hold a Get Out the Vote Postcard Party Sept. 29

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates helped tame inflation but that also made borrowing painfully expensive for consumers

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin held a news coference Tuesday, continuing the war of words between him and Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain.

Author Faly Colaizzi’s new book “Unsinkable Princess” was published on Sept. 17, and a launch party for the book will be held on Monday, Sept. 23 at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles.

A memorial gathering for Sean Fader will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Dunn Family Funeral Home with Crematory, 1801 S. Douglas Road, Oswego.

A man was found dead Tuesday night in Rock Falls after police responded to reports of gunshots in the 1700 block of 14th Avenue.

A man with pending charges in Missouri alleging he sexually abused two children there appeared in a McHenry County courtroom Monday on similar charges involving another child in Wonder Lake in 2006 when he was a teenager.

Montgomery's Annual Cemetery Walk will feature a guided tour, characters playing figures of the city's past and more.