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Health equity report shows Kane County black residents are more likely to be poor and die younger than others.

High school athletes from two Palatine schools were celebrated for their lofty achievements by the village council this week.

Niles Mayor Andrew Przybylo and his wife will be opening a video gambling cafe in Wheeling that will serve Eastern European fare.

The village of Buffalo Grove will appeal a decision from its Fire Pension Board granting line-of-duty death benefits to the family of a veteran firefighter who died early this year after a lengthy battle with cancer, officials announced Wednesday.

Robert Pape has been named the new principal Iroquois Community School Principal in Des Plaines, officials in Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 announced this week.

A visionary framework for how the Spring Hill Mall campus could be redeveloped in the next 20 years was presented to West Dundee trustees this week.

Chain O'Lakes has no-wake status.

Barrington will launch an old-fashioned community band Concert in the Park series Thursday, at Memorial Park in the village's downtown.

Elmhurst Unit District 205 officials say they must decide if and how school boundaries would be adjusted before dealing with other aspects of a plan to repair, upgrade or, in the case of Lincoln and Field elementary schools, replace buildings.

MainStreet Libertyville's Lunch in the Park starts Friday at Cook Park.