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State Sen. Laura Murphy (D-28th) Longtime Maine Township Democratic committeeman Laura Murphy will not seek reelection for the local party position this coming spring. Instead, she is endorsing ...

A woman who was pinned in her car at around 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14 following a crash near the intersection of Dee and Central roads in unincorporated Des Plaines, was pronounced dead at Lutheran ...

Russians around the world will be demonstrating on Saturday, Aug. 16, including potentially in the Northwest suburbs. While a protest was originally set to take place at the Niles-Maine Public ...

North Carolina-based Ripple Fiber is in the midst of a $104 million, 1,250-mile rollout of its internet service network expansion in Elk Grove Village -- the first rollout of fiber-optic internet ...

An estimated 1,000 people visited Golf Mill Park to celebrate National Night Out with Niles police on Tuesday, Aug. 5.

Arlington Park stadium district development rendering of what it could be like if built. Neighboring Palatine can be seen across Illinois Route 53 on the left side. (Photo by the Chicago Bears ...

By Todd Wessell on August 14, 2025 Boarded former site of Giuseppe's and Nick's La Cantina restaurants at Lee and Graceland in Des Plaines. The longtime former home of Giuseppe’s Restaurant ...

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A Buffalo Grove man along with a man from Evanston are facing first-degree murder charges following a home invasion and fatal shooting that occurred back in March in Chicago.

Glenbrook High School District 225 officials have opened a new 8,000-square-foot transition center, a move designed to bring services for special-needs students in-house and away from the more ...

According to police, shortly before 8:30 p.m., Palatine police and fire personnel responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash in the 0–100 block of northbound Northwest Highway, near the ...