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Workers prepare Kracklauer Park for Thursday's opening of Mundelein Community Days.

The Cary Elementary District 26 school board this week authorized the sale by sealed bid of the Maplewood School property.

East Dundee officials may allow Dundee Township to temporarily use village-owned space for a clothing donation and giveaway program serving residents in need.

More than 50,000 senior citizen property tax exemptions weren't renewed in Cook County this year, which officials said results in the average senior paying about $600 more than they should on their property tax bills.

Just as summer gets underway, Chicago Marriott Lincolnshire Resort is unveiling its outdoor patio, the final detail of its $25 million transformation.

An Elgin man who has been to prison for repeat drunken driving arrests was arrested again and charged over the weekend with his fifth DUI, according to police and court records.

Nearly a month has passed since a 27-year-old Glendale Heights man was gunned down in a fatal shooting near Roselle and the authorities investigating the case still are refusing to release any details.

More than 50 members of the village of Schaumburg's clerical and support-staff union held "Fair Contract Now" signs outside village hall and crammed into Tuesday night's village board meeting to voice frustration over working without a contract for more than a year.

Lombard Park District has been serving residents for 90 years and in all that time it has never owned its own indoor basketball courts. That will change on Saturday when the district opens its new Madison Meadow Athletic Center offering a gymnasium, fitness center and more at 500 E. Wilson Ave.

A 10-year-old Wauconda girl will show off her prizewinning logrolling skills Thursday night on NBC's "Little Big Shots" talent show.