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Mount Prospect Elementary School District 57 Superintendent Mary Gorr, was among those testifying before the Cook County Board committee Wednesday.

School, library officials demand Cook County step up tax payments

School officials and library directors descended upon a Cook County Board committee Wednesday to express their frustration at the delay in receiving tax revenues.

Six displaced after fire destroys detached garage and damages home in Aurora

A fire destroyed a detached garage in Aurora Tuesday and left the nearby home uninhabitable, displacing six residents.

Bicyclist dead after being struck by freight train in Grayslake

A female bicyclist was struck and killed by a freight train in Grayslake Tuesday night.

Gov. JB Pritzker, pictured last week, defended his role in negotiations over a Bears stadium deal after the team advanced plans to go to Northwest Indiana.

Pritzker plays offense and defense in game of political football over elusive Bears deal

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday defended his efforts to keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois, while blaming the team’s so-called “fumbles” and legislators’ “confusion” over stadium legislation that failed to advance in Springfield.

Police continue to investigate a suspicious person found dead in the water at the Twin Lakes Golf Course & Recreation Area in Palatine.

Questions remain after man’s death in a pond at Twin Lakes golf course

Police are continuing to investigate the death of man whose body was pulled from a pond by the Twin Lakes Golf Course & Recreation Area Monday evening.

Two people do their best to get to their car in a heavy downpour as they come out of Costco at Randhurst shopping center in Mount Prospect Wednesday.

Storms batter suburbs, more expected through Thursday

Thunderstorms bringing heavy wind gusts and torrential downpours mved into the suburbs Wednesday afternoon, and forecasters are expecting more severe weather through Thursday.

Site work for the planned T5 data center in Grayslake got underway last fall. Lake County had no involvement in this project, but on Tuesday officials agreed to pursue a moratorium on data center projects in unincorporated areas, which are under county jurisdiction.

‘Taking this issue extremely seriously’: Lake County pursues data center moratorium

Trying to get ahead of a fast-moving controversial issue, the Lake County Board on Tuesday agreed to pursue a temporary moratorium on data centers in unincorporated areas.

This grab from a video taken by motorist Keinika Carlton shows a wooden cross engulfed in bright orange flames as it leans against a tree in Grant Park.

Police are investigating a large burning cross at a Chicago park

A large, burning cross was discovered at a Chicago park on Tuesday afternoon, and police said they are investigating how it ended up there and the motive behind it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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