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Trucks line up at a busy intersection in Joliet. A warehouse boom in the Chicago region has led to a spike in truck traffic and more crashes, a New York Times analysis found.

20,000 trucks a day: Suburban warehouse boom raises safety fears

Every day, thousands of semi trucks roll in and out of the sprawling warehouse complexes in the suburbs, supporting the rise of next-day delivery. They pummel the roads, belch fumes and cause deadly crashes.

A bald eaglet raises its head from a nest in Park No. 597 on the south side of Chicago.

Bald eagle hatchlings spotted in a Chicago park may be the city's first for more than a century

Two bald eagles hatchlings have been spotted in a nest in a Chicago park in what city officials believe is the raptors' first successful wild breeding in the Windy City i...

Des Plaines neighbors, from left, Brian Wilk, Mary Ann Solida, Mary Beth Stillmaker, Alouise Gredell, Alan Gredell, Sargon Merza and Joe Alosio were among those who led the fight against the Prestige Feed Products factory in neighboring Mount Prospect.

$900k settlement wraps neighbors’ long fight with smelly Mount Prospect factory

A $900,000 settlement agreement has been reached between Prestige Feed Products and neighbors near the animal feed producer, which closed its Mount Prospect plant at the end of 2025.

The Golden Corridor Family YMCA's new fitness center will open at 141 Barrington Road Monday, June 1. A related sports complex will open next door later.

Relocated Golden Corridor Family YMCA set to open in Schaumburg June 1

The Golden Corridor Family YMCA’s Schaumburg location that shut down in the autumn of 2024 will reopen at its new site in the village on Monday, June 1.

A federal judge has ruled that Cook County is liable to pay back millions of dollars to people who lost their homes in the county’s annual tax sales.

Cook County liable for property tax sale violations, judge rules

A federal judge ruled Monday that Cook County is liable to pay back potentially millions of dollars to people who lost their homes in the county’s annual property tax sales, three years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the system unconstitutional.

Girls soccer: Lake Zurich denies Stevenson outright NSC title; Fremd, Barrington advance to MSL Cup

Entering the final day of the regular season for Stevenson, the Patriots controlled their own destiny, needing a win to clinch the North Suburban Conference title outrigh...

Dutchess Cannabis Company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Batavia location on Saturday.

Batavia’s first cannabis shop celebrates ribbon-cutting

There are high expectations for the first cannabis dispensary to open in Batavia.

Boys volleyball: Schaumburg clinches MSL West, wins 16th straight

The Schaumburg boys volleyball team got the job done Tuesday night against short-handed Barrington as the Saxons clinched the Mid-Suburban League's West Division champion...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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