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Arlington Heights will give a developer nearly $1 million over the next eight years in tax increment financing funds to spur construction of apartments and retailers in an area long-planned for redevelopment east of the downtown.

In a world where many of our business and social connections are online, Streamwood author Steven Provenzano says the search for love requires a different skill set.

The Gurnee village board joined the county by raising the alarm that the proposed $10 billion Foxconn manufacturing plant in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, will significantly harm flooding in the village.

Faced with a potential budget shortfall in the next few years, St. Charles aldermen on Monday were split on whether they should implement a new gasoline tax to help fill that gap.

Despite forecasting a $82 million deficit in the upcoming Cook County budget, officials said Board President Toni Preckwinkle has no plans to add or increase taxes and fees to close that gap.

A "Harmony Park" of outdoor musical instruments could be coming to the Naperville Riverwalk, but some worry the sounds could be too loud.

Longtime educator and school administrator Paul Hertel was named superintendent of the Community Consolidated School District 62 in Des Plaines on Monday, continuing his more than a decade with the district, officials said in a news release.

As the construction of a Lake Michigan water system in Wauconda continues, village officials are preparing to increase water and sewer rates.

Geneva 2nd Ward Alderman Donald Cummings has resigned, because he is moving out of the ward.

A shooting in Darien that left three people dead is being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities said.