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Aurora educator named Teacher of the Year

As a child, Rachael Mahmood struggled with finding a sense of belonging in school. However, the Plainfield resident didn’t let that stop her from pursuing her dream of becoming an educator and making sure her students see themselves in the lessons she teaches. Her journey was highlighted Thursday a...

Hale Street Tents are back and so is outdoor summer dining in Wheaton

Property tax bills begin arriving in many suburbs

Retired Mundelein business owner, volunteer dies just days after wife

Dining out: More Mother’s Day options, Kentucky Derby specials and more

Pritzker: Bears lakefront stadium proposal still ‘a non-starter’

Grayslake man used 3D printer to make guns, gun parts, sheriff’s police say

Louis Schriber III, founding partner and CEO of Shorewood Development Group, addresses the audience at the groundbreaking Wednesday for the Bison Crossing development. The $100 million development on Dundee Road between Old Arlington Heights Road and Bison Park will house a Tesla sales and service center, a 224-unit apartment building and 30,000 to 40,000 square feet of retail space.

Patience paying off for Buffalo Grove on Rohrman redevelopment

After more than a decade of sitting dormant, the former Rohrman property on Dundee Road in Buffalo Grove is on its way to new life. Buffalo Grove officials and representa...

Vernon Hills couple found dead in home identified

A married couple found dead in their Vernon Hills home Wednesday morning in an apparent murder-suicide have been identified as Victoria and Ramiro Ceja. Preliminary autop...

Suspect in slaying of Officer Luis Huesca arrested in Glendale Heights — with Huesca’s own handcuffs

The suspect wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca was arrested Wednesday in west suburban Glendale Heights — with the slain o...

Legislation to end road exams for seniors, including at this Addison facility, is having a rocky ride in Springfield.

Bill nixing senior driving test hits House roadblock, Senate version still going

Despite clearing a key committee and gaining dozens of sponsors, legislation to halt mandatory road tests for Illinois seniors is stalled in the Illinois House, supporter...

Jeanna Polacek assists her daughter, Mia, at their family’s home in Round Lake. Mia has Edwards Syndrome/Trisomy 18, which means she has an extra copy of chromosome 18.

‘It’s been a game-changer’: 4-year-old with rare condition lets her eyes do the talking

Mia Polacek may not be able to speak with her mouth, but the 4-year-old from Round Lake has a voice, thanks to technology that lets her eyes do the talking. Mia was born ...

Officials at Rolling Meadows City Hall are showing off new hardware: the Innovative Community Program in Illinois Government Award, given by the Illinois Association of Municipal Management Assistants, for the city's new unlimited paid time off policy.

This city’s unlimited paid time off policy believed to be first in suburbs

Some public employees at Rolling Meadows City Hall are now eligible for unlimited paid time off, in what is believed to be a first for a large municipality in the suburbs...

Boys basketball: Widlowski takes over at Hersey

There are always questions of what to do when one retires. Travel. Read. Play golf. Visit your children. Fremd’s Bob Widlowski had all of those plans when he stepped down...

Lanae Recinas of Hoffman Estates, bottom, and Donna Zeh of Sleepy Hollow play pickleball in Elgin. The Carol Stream Park District is adding pickleball courts to Armstrong Park.

Game on, Carol Stream: Pickleball courts coming to Armstrong Park

The pickleball craze is coming to the largest park in the Carol Stream Park District. Six outdoor pickleball courts are set to be installed on the existing in-line skatin...