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Legendary actor Paul Sorvino, best known for playing mobster Paulie Cicero in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 masterpiece Goodfellas, died this morning with his wife Dee Dee by his side. Dee Dee was quoted by entertainment website TMZ as saying, “Our hearts are broken, there will never be another Paul Sorvino, he was the love of my life, and one of the greatest performers to ever grace the screen and stage.” Sorvino’s daughter, actress Mira Sorvino, announced her father’s death on Twitter. My father the great Paul Sorvino has passed. My heart is rent asunder- a life of love and joy and wisdom with…

Bond Denied for Convicted Felon Accused of Possessing Firearm and Cocaine In sharp contrast to his counterpart in Cook County, Kim Foxx, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin is taking a hard line on keeping guns out of the hands of convicted felons. Berlin and Aurora Chief of Police Keith Cross announced today that an Aurora man with an active arrest warrant and a previous conviction for shooting at police officer will be held without bond after he was allegedly found in possession of a handgun and approximately thirteen grams of cocaine. The 43-year-old suspect of the 400 block of…

Batavia held its popular “Cocktails in the Park” this past Saturday. Here’s how it looked on the ground. (Photo credit: Kevin Ketchum, Fox Valley Magazine)

When the Kane County Cougars talk about the dog days of summer, they’re not fooling around. On Tuesday, July 26, the team is rolling out the Milkbones, so to speak, for man’s best friend. Fans are encouraged to bring their K9 masters to Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva for an evening of baseball, magic tricks and other exciting activities. Magician Martin Rees, a five-time Guinness World Records holder, will make a performance, and he and WGN Radio “Pet World” host Steve Dale will serve as emcees. The event is a fundraiser for K9s For Warriors and other service animal organizations, as well…

Here are some photos from Ted Nugent’s elecrtic performance at the Arcada in St. Charles last night. Nugent performs again this evening at 5pm. Click here for tickets. (Photos courtesy of Onesti Entertainment.)

Update: The City of Naperville reported on the damage Friday, indicating that no injuries or residential structural damage have been reported; however, isolated reports of storm damage, mainly damaged trees, have been made throughout south Naperville. The majority of the damage was reported along the Route 59 corridor from approximately White Eagle Drive south past Hassert Boulevard. This includes tree damage as well as roof damage to and multiple gas leaks within a commercial building near the intersection of Route 59 and 95th Street. There are no longer any active gas leaks as of the timing of this release. Additional…

Welcome to our latest edition of Fox Valley Magazine’s 4 FOR THE WEEKEND where forgetful people love reruns. So let’s get to it, starting with….. Goin’ Straight To The Booze We love Batavia’s annual “Cocktails In The Park” event, because it’s so honest. There’s no pretense. There’s no “hook.” There’s nothing to distract from what people go there for: booze. We mean, sure, it’s all dolled-up in an air of refinement and civilized surroundings, and it’s unlikely that a group of middle-aged men will revert to beer bongs and drunken songs about dear old alma mater. But at its core…

With a legendary career spanning nearly five decades, KANSAS has firmly established itself as one of America’s iconic classic rock bands. This “garage band” from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being discovered by Wally Gold, who worked for Don Kirshner, and have gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide. Composing a catalogue that includes sixteen studio albums and five live albums, KANSAS has produced eight gold albums, three sextuple-Platinum albums (Leftoverture, Point of Know Return, Best of KANSAS), one platinum live album (Two for the Show), one quadruple-Platinum single ‘Carry On Wayward Son,’ and…

An F-150 pickup truck rammed into the back of a car at a busy intersection on Route 25 in Carpentersville Tuesday, pushing the car into traffic and causing a chain-reaction collision that left one man dead and sent four others to the hospital. According to police, at about 6:58pm, Thursday evening, emergency responders were called to Route 25 and Helm Road in Carpentersville. A preliminary investigation showed the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup truck, a 48-year-old man from McHenry, failed to stop for a vehicle sitting at a red light at Route 25 and Helm Road. The collision pushed him…

Naperville Police have arrested a Chicago man for attempted murder among other charges following an investigation into a June 5 stabbing at a health club in the 3000 block of South Route 59 in Naperville. The 65-year-old subject is charged with attempt first-degree murder, armed robbery, three counts of aggravated battery, two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, burglary and possession of burglary tools. He was arrested on July 16 and remains in custody in Will County. On the morning of June 5, a man was been stabbed multiple times in the chest with a screwdriver…