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Just two weeks after the old water tower near Gurnee Fire Station 1 came down, the village board could award a $3.9 million contract to build its successor.

Elk Grove High School has become one of the select few schools in the state to attain a noted environmental certification for its green operations and maintenance practices.

A 20-year-old man is facing a list of weapons charges after Aurora police say he threw a loaded firearm onto a rooftop while police were pursuing him.

A 25-year-old Chicago man faces multiple drug and weapons charges following a monthslong investigation, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said Friday.

3 men plead guilty to Elgin gang rape.

Plans for a residential development off Quentin Road have been rejected by Palatine village council members, who cited concerns about there not being enough property for the project.

Some 50 works of art are now on display in the Arlington Heights Memorial Library's Marketplace from children's book author and illustrator Chris Raschka, who will be at the library later this month as the summer artist-in-residence.

Rosemont is paying $289,000 to fix broken concrete, paint and make other exterior repairs to its village hall building.

The Schaumburg Park District will hold Summer Dance Concerts from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. the first Friday of July and August in the Town Square gazebo at the corner of Schaumburg and Roselle roads.

A developer has abandoned plans to build a Thortons gas station in Warrenville one week before the city's plan commission was slated to resume public hearings on it and another controversial project.