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Dogs have long been known as man's best friend. But Lake in the Hills resident Troy Evert is proud to call Ringo, his ringtail lemur, his best friend. Now, Evert says, Lake in the Hills officials have come between that friendship, deeming Ringo, a five-pound primate standing two-feet tall, a wild animal that cannot live in the village.

Batavia police say they're still reviewing whether to charge a 45-year-old woman accused of swiping her neighbor's cat and abandoning it in rural Kane County.

The past week has been a whirlwind of memories and congratulations for Mark Friedman, who on Friday concluded a long run at the helm of Libertyville Elementary District 70.

Amid the rebuilding of Arlington Park racetrack after the 1985 fire that destroyed the grandstand, Richard Duchossois and his daughter, Dayle, grabbed restaurant trays and hiked up a ramp.

The King of Pop seemed driven and upbeat in the weeks, even hours, before his death as he rehearsed rigorously for a series of 50 concerts in London that were to begin a late-career comeback.

Supporters of a Harper College pilot program to award bachelor's degrees say they have the votes to win state Senate approval of the program this week. But the fight over whether students should be able to earn a bachelor's degree at an Illinois community college may just be starting.

A University of Illinois football player from Batavia has been charged with felony battery after a bar fight in Champaign, police said Monday.

Paulette Blough loves animals so when a frantic quacking erupted outside her Carol Stream house recently, she had to investigate.

Criminals running free. Fewer police to catch them. Emergency rooms overflowing with the uninsured. Classrooms jammed with kids. No more preschool. More students who can't afford college. Oh, and skyrocketing transit fares, too.

His trademark smirk gone, a shackled Drew Peterson learned in court Monday he'll remained locked up a while longer.