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Rolling Meadows aldermen expressed their first public comments Tuesday on the latest plans for a mosque on Hicks Road, less than a month ahead of a formal vote.

Construction has begun on a 7-story, 113-unit apartment building on the former Sim's Bowl site in downtown Des Plaines.

Two children caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to a very rare double-decker Disney bus Monday morning at the Volo Auto Museum.

The Elgin community welcomed Ana Lalley as the new leader of the city's police department Tuesday in a ceremony also honoring the retirement of interim Chief Bill Wolf.

Lake County leaders held a ribbon-cutting on the new Lake County court tower in Waukegan, and dedicated a pedestrian bridge to honor late Lake County Board member Audrey Nixon.

North Chicago officials held a ceremony Tuesday to honor the late Lake County Board member Audrey Nixon on what would have been her 83rd birthday.

If a defendant commits a Class X or Class 1 felony and inflicts "severe bodily injury" on a victim while committing another felony, a judge can issue consecutive prison terms served one after the other. "Sometimes that means giving people a second or third chance. Other times, that means the full weight of the government resources coming to bear on a career criminal," said Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon.

Tuesday marked the acknowledged death of a program Kane County officials once believed would reap thousands of dollars in new, non-tax revenue.

Fire crews are on the scene of a fire at the Gold Pyramid House in Wadsworth, and one side of it appears to be nearly all burned off.

Nearly $1 million in improvement projects addressing poor stormwater sewers and faulty water mains were approved Monday by the Palatine village council.