Lake Barrington officials have joined the communities debating whether to create a local sales tax on groceries to offset the pending elimination of such a state tax.
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Carol Stream’s ‘Crime Free Carol’ named state’s top police officer
She’s known as “Crime Free Carol” around town, but Carol Stream police officer Carol Cadle has a new title to go by this year: Illinois’ top cop.
Officials: McHenry County sheriff’s deputy shoots, kills armed man
A McHenry County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an armed man who had barricaded himself inside a home near Crystal Lake Thursday evening, officials said.
Officials: McHenry County sheriff’s deputy shoots, kills armed man
A McHenry County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an armed man who had barricaded himself inside a home near Crystal Lake Thursday evening, officials said.
After Wirtz proposal in Mundelein, Illinois House passes bill allowing impact fees for new school buildings
The Illinois House this week approved legislation 113-0 allowing municipalities to impose impact fees to help cover the costs of constructing new school buildings.
Elk Grove mayor touts data centers as cash cows for local government
Elk Grove Village’s mayor on Thursday touted the benefits of data centers, which pay millions in taxes but require few services from local government.
Fox Lake approved $1 million settlement to Gliniewicz widow
The widow of disgraced late Fox Lake police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz will receive a roughly $1 million settlement resolving a long-running legal fight over survivor’s pension benefits, according to village officials.
Nearly three-decade old Japanese restaurant has new owner, name
An established Mount Prospect Japanese restaurant is reopening under a new owner and a new name.
Retired Schaumburg pastor and Vietnam-era Air Force chaplain dies at 99
Rev. George J. Kane, the longest-ordained priest in the Archdiocese of Chicago who was founding pastor and pastor emeritus of Church of the Holy Spirit in Schaumburg, died Monday at the age of 99.
Wheeling police officers call for chief, deputy chief to be removed
Union representatives for the Wheeling Police Department’s patrol officers and sergeants this week publicly demanded two of the agency’s leaders be removed from their posts.