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Illinois drivers soon could roll along rural interstates at 70 mph after House lawmakers Wednesday approved a higher speed limit on nonurban highways despite safety concerns and a possible veto showdown with the governor. Supporters said the higher...

The Illinois Republican Party should appoint as its next party chair someone who supports legalization of same-sex marriage. Why? First, because it would mess with our minds. Outgoing party chair Pat Brady, who resigned Tuesday in a letter to the...

News briefs from St. Charles, Batavia, Geneva and Sugar Grove. St. Charles Outgoing St. Charles Mayor Don DeWitte and Kevin O'Donnell with O'Donnell Commercial Real Estate will be guest bartenders at McNally's Irish Pub, 109 W. Main St., from 6 to 9...

Illinois Republican Party leaders are scheduled to gather behind closed doors Saturday to discuss the fate of state GOP Chairman Pat Brady following his endorsement of same-sex marriage. But it’s unclear whether the Republican State Central...

A former West Chicago resident who has racked up 11 drunken-driving convictions was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for a 2012 DUI near Sugar Grove, authorities said. Michael J. Picon, 42, of Silvis, Ill., had pleaded guilty in January to one...

An Aurora woman was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for causing a head-on collision that killed a Marengo man in 2009. Linda L. Knotts, 48, pleaded guilty in Kane County court to one count of aggravated DUI for the March 20, 2009 crash...

A 20-year-old woman supposedly headed to Illinois State University from her Kane County home was last seen at Millennium Park in Chicago but now is reported missing. Tanner Conroyd left her house on Route 31 in unincorporated Kane County near St. Charles...

The 20-year-old St. Charles-area woman reported missing Sunday was found safe late this morning at a Chicago-area hospital, according to Kane County Sheriff’s police. Tanner Conroyd left around noon Sunday from her father’s home on Route 31...

An Aurora man was killed walking on a dark, country road after a previous car crash force him to have his vehicle towed, police said.  Dean Craig, 54, was killed about 7:40 p.m. Monday while walking on Jericho Road between Dugan and Ashe roads,...

 Robert Bowar, 87, of Faulkton, passed away Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen.  Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, at St. Thomas Catholic Church, Faulkton, with Fr. Joji Itukulapati...

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It has been a long two years since the 2010 census proclaimed Kendall County the fastest-growing county in the nation, and today, signs of runaway growth on the fringes of the Chicago area are hard to find. But they are starting to sprout again as...