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Des Plaines police soon will be equipped with Axon body cameras, similar to the one a Naperville officer wears here. Des Plaines police have used cameras from a different company since 2015.

Des Plaines police to get new cameras for uniforms, squad cars

Des Plaines police officers soon will get new cameras for their uniforms and squad cars under a roughly $3.8 million contract approved by the city council Monday night.

A Planned Parenthood of Illinois health center is shown in Waukegan. The organization announced Monday it is collaborating with telehealth provider Hey Jane to expand access to abortion medication.

Illinois Planned Parenthood teams with Hey Jane to expand abortion access

Planned Parenthood of Illinois is joining up with Hey Jane, a telehealth provider, to increase abortion services in the state, officials announced Monday.

Palatine Village Manager Reid Ottesen.

Palatine passes local grocery tax, 2025 budget

Palatine is among the first communities to approve a local grocery tax, effective in 2026.

Sandy Hart was elected to a fourth term Monday as Lake County Board chair.

Lake County Board leadership unchanged; Shift at top for forest preserve

The Lake County Board’s leadership isn’t changing, but there has been a shift at the top of the Lake County forest preserve board.

Fernando Poblete Lopez

Round Lake Beach man faces drug charge after car chase

A Round Lake Beach man will be detained pretrial on charges he fled police while armed with a gun and possession of methamphetamine.

Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren, right, speaks as General Manager Ryan Poles listens during Monday’s news conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest.

What will head coach hiring search look like for the Bears?

In the wake of Matt Eberflus’ firing, the Bears’ Ryan Poles and Kevin Warren say they’ll work in tandem to hire the franchise’s next head coach.

Glendale Heights faces lawsuit over officer who killed wife, self

Glendale Heights and its police department are being sued over one of their police officers who shot and killed his wife last year before killing himself.

Diane Dunham

Former Schaumburg Township trustee Diane Dunham, wife of Schaumburg village trustee, dies

Diane Dunham, a former 20-year trustee of Schaumburg Township and the wife of 52 years of Schaumburg senior Village Trustee George Dunham, died Saturday after a recurrence of the cancer she’d successfully fought a few years before.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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