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In 2025, Prospect Heights collected more than $390,00. Morton Grove reaped more than $442,000. Wheeling secured more than $679,000, and Niles has pulled in more than $1 million. Skokie presumably stands to benefit from a surge of new revenue within that range each year if it were to permit video...

Many visitors to Chicago get entranced by the millions of things they can do there and never leave the city. This is a mistake! Some of the Midwest's greatest treasures are found in the surrounding suburbs: Wilmette's jaw-dropping Baháʼí House of Worship, the enchanting Naperville Riverwalk, thrilling Six Flags Great A

CHICAGO - Chicago Police are warning the public of recent burglaries of buildings under construction in the Park Manor and West Woodlawn neighborhoods. According to police, in each incident, the suspects enter the building that is being rehabbed through a door or window and then steal property from inside. Dates...

Quadrel Realty Group could pay the city $291,000 in fines for failing to provide affordable apartments at Hampton Parkway, a 91-unit building in northeast Evanston, after an administrative hearing officer imposed new fines June 18 on top of a smaller total issued last fall. City officials are citing Quadrel and...

Two people have died due to strong storms Sunday in southern Illinois that hit trailer homes in rural areas, officials said. Meanwhile, there are flooding concerns in the Chicago area.

Chicago police are investigating a "crash-and-grab" at a 7 Eleven store on the city's Northwest Side.

The Doobie Brothers are saying farewell to Chicago band's co-founder Walter Parazaider, who died recently.

A Chicago woman already on court supervision for her second DUI, and driving on a license suspended for a prior DUI, is accused of seriously injuring an Illinois State Police trooper in a West Side crash. Prosecutors say her blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit at the time.

The recent vote in an Illinois House committee to advance a revised plan for public support of a new Chicago Bears stadium in Arlington Heights highlights ongoing debates over how cities fund major sports projects. Lawmakers adjusted details in what observers call the Bears Stadium Tax to address concerns about revenue

Three well-known Illinois restaurants and restaurant groups closed within weeks of each other in May and June 2026, affecting diners in Chicago, Naperville and nearby suburbs. The shutdowns highlight how rising costs, bankruptcy pressure and failed expansion plans are hitting very different parts of the food scene.