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As an opening date draws nearer for Gordy's Quick Mart, operators of the downtown St. Charles convenience store are seeking the city's approval to sell packaged alcohol.

A business model developed through a think tank at Buffalo Grove High School continues to grow, even as its student entrepreneurs prepare to leave for college.

The popular McDonald's in downtown Rolling Meadows plans to install a second drive-through lane to help ease congestion at the Rolling Meadows Shopping Center.

Rain caused flooding Tuesday night in the suburbs. Route 72 was closed at State Street in Hampshire after an adjacent creek swelled over its banks into the parking lot of the Chick 'n Dip restaurant. There also was flooding in Huntley, Mundelein and Libertyville.

A 26-year-old Dolton man who led Palatine police on a brief foot chase Saturday night was charged with a litany of crimes after police found a loaded .40 caliber Glock pistol with an extended high capacity magazine in his car Saturday night, according to authorities.

No one was injured when an SUV crashed into Couture 360 Salon in Lake Zurich at around 1 p.m. Tuesday.The salon, at 195 S. Rand Road, will be open for business Wednesday.

The Arlington Heights Police Department is searching for Tyler Anderson, a 25-year-old man who went missing Tuesday.

With interim superintendents in place, Hawthorn Elementary District 73 school board members are turning their focus to a proposed referendum to address overcrowding in the district's six schools

Restoring electronic monitoring in Kane County will cost more

Tornado warning declared in central Will County