Saturday night's Powerball jackpot is $523 million

The Illinois Lottery said that while no one hit the jackpot in Wednesday's drawing, a ticket purchased at a 7-Eleven in Elk Grove Village won the player $50,000.

Elk Grove Village repeals decades-old opposite sex clothing ban

The Elk Grove Village board has repealed a decades-old ordinance that bans people from wearing clothes belonging to the opposite sex.

Eagle guarding nest spotted in Busse Woods in suburban Elk Grove Village

The Cook County Forest Preserve said that this eagle is probably one half of the pair that has been nesting in Busse Woods (near Chicago) for the past six years.

Off-duty cop shot home intruder in face while wife shielded baby in Albany Park: prosecutor

An Albany Park woman shielded her baby while the child’s father, an off-duty Chicago police officer, confronted and shot an intruder at the front door, Cook County prosecutors said Friday.

Man sentenced 9 years in federal prison for sharing child pornography

A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for sharing videos and images of child pornography with members of a messaging application, which included an undercover agent.

Girl, 13, missing from unincorporated Elk Grove Township found safe

Valeria Abarca, a 13-year-old girl who was reported missing from an unincorporated area near suburban Elk Grove Township, has been found safe, the Cook County sheriff’s office said. 

Elk Grove Village company votes to remove Native American logo

A candy machine maker based in Elk Grove Village has voted to retire its logo after an online petition calling for the company to do so garnered over a thousand signatures, according to the petition’s creator.

Person fatally stabbed in Elk Grove Village

A person was stabbed to death Tuesday in northwest suburban Elk Grove Village.