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Owners of AB Specialty Solutions in Waukegan have agreed to pay a $1.3 million fine stemming from an explosion and fire at the company’s manufacturing plant in 2019 that killed four workers.

Owners of Waukegan plant that exploded in 2019, killing 4, agrees to $1.3 million fine

The owners of AB Specialty Silicones, which operated a plant in Waukegan that exploded in 2019 killing four employees, have agreed to pay a $1.3 million fine.

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Former Batavia alderman faces drug charges

A former Batavia alderman has been charged with possession of methamphetamine and several other drugs. He said Saturday the drugs did not belong to him, but to two employees living at his home.

Victory over York shows Downers Grove North is for real

Owen Lansu and Downers Grove North have looked the part of an elite team so far this season, yet it’s been hard to get a proper read. Lansu, a junior quarterback and Minn...

A killer infiltrates a Midwest haunted house in the upcoming horror film “Haunt Season,” from Gurnee writer/director Jake Jarvi. Realm of Terror haunted house owner Stephen Kristof, center, plays a haunted house owner in the film which premiered Friday in Los Angeles and begins streaming via video-on-demand Oct. 8.

Suburban scares: Round Lake Beach haunted house, Gurnee director team for ‘Haunt Season’

Gurnee filmmaker Jake Jarvi says fainthearted horror film fans only have to close their eyes once or twice during “Haunt Season” his new movie filmed at Realm of Terror, a longtime haunted house in Round Lake Beach.

Enter Round Lake Beach’s Realm of Terror haunted house only if you dare.

Not for the faint of heart: Haunted houses deliver scares in the suburbs

With the temperature chilling and the leaves dropping, children aren’t the only ones awaiting the thrills of Halloween. For those who have moved on from trick-or-treating, chances to be frightened at a haunted house are opening up in several suburbs.

Man dies after suffering head injury at Riot Fest

An Arlington Heights man has died after being injured at Riot Fest in Chicago on Sept. 22.

The 9/11 NEVER FORGET Mobile Exhibit — led by retired New York City firefighters who were at ground zero — makes a stop in Arlington Heights Monday and Tuesday.

‘They’ll tell their story’: Traveling Sept. 11 exhibit led by firefighters who were there comes to Arlington Heights

Contained within an 83-foot tractor-trailer, a traveling museum of artifacts from ground zero on Sept. 11, 2001 regularly makes stops at state fairgrounds, community picnics and festivals throughout the country. But more often than not — like Monday and Tuesday at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights — the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s 9/11 NEVER FORGET Mobile Exhibit comes to schools.

A 61-year-old man was arrested Thursday after punching another man at a Glendale Heights Village Board meeting, police said.

Man accused of punching person at Glendale Heights board meeting

A man was arrested Thursday during a Glendale Heights Village Board meeting, accused of punching another man in the face, police said.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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