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The members of the metal-thrasher group Slayer are getting the band back together for a headlining performance at Riot Fest in Chicago this fall. The music festival organizers announced what it called “a Midwest exclusive performance” of the head-banging legends, who last toured in 2019. Slayer will appear on the final day of the three-day event scheduled for Sept. 20-22 at Douglass Park. Slayer last released an album in 2019, a live 2017 performance titled “The Repentless Killogy, Live At The F…

Two neighborhoods in Buffalo Grove will soon have access to Lake Michigan water, eliminating the current well-water system. The $2.7 million project will bring lake water to the Pekara and Horatio Gardens neighborhoods, south of Aptakisic Road, between IL Route 21/Milwaukee Avenue and Weiland Road.The Lake County Board recently approved the contract for the project. Residents will not pay for the project, but switching to the new water source will raise the rate by about $5 per 1,000 gallons use…

A mom enlisted the help of her two young children to steal more than 200 items from the JC Penney department store at Yorktown Mall in Lombard, according to the DuPage County state’s attorney. Ritka Jain, 36, of Naperville, was charged with two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, one count of burglary, and one count of retail theft, all felonies. According to Lombard police, Jain used her two daughters, ages 9 and 5, to help her conceal merchandise in a piece of luggage and ins…

Federal prosecutors have charged two men with running a dark web marketplace that allowed customers to purchase counterfeit money and other illegal goods, including drugs and stolen credit card information, worth more than $430 million.Thomas Pavey, also known as “Dopenugget,” 38, of Ormond Beach, Fla., and Raheim Hamilton, also known as “Sydney” and “Zero Angel,” 28, of Suffolk, Va., owned and operated Empire Market from 2018 to 2020, prosecutors said. The indictment charges Pavey and Hamilton…

Three children from Indiana who disappeared with their parents on July 4 have been found safe in Texas. Their parents--Willie Terrell, 50, and Jessika Officer-Terrell, 31, who do not have legal custody of the children--took them from their grandfather at Famous Dave’s restaurant in Indianapolis on July 4.Terrell and Officer-Terrell have both been charged with three felony counts for violating a child custody court order. They were taken into custody and detained Tuesday in the Frio, Texas County…

The ticket was purchased for the Aug. 24 Lotto drawing at Jewel-Osco, 140 West Lake St. in Addison.

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Jane's Addiction has canceled the remaining dates on its current tour, including a date this month in Chicago.

Simply smelling burnt cannabis does not give a police officer the right to conduct a warrantless search of an automobile, the Illinois State Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

Four Illinois universities rank in the top 100 nationally in the latest ratings from U.S. News & World Report.