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Robert Serafin, a contractor working on behalf of the Home Depot Chicago Services Team, installs new cabinetry on Thursday, March 26, in the kitchen of the Salvation Army Corps and Community Center in Oakbrook Terrace.

‘Neighbors helping neighbors’: Volunteers update kitchen at Oakbrook Terrace Salvation Army

Home Depot volunteers step in to renew the Oakbrook Terrace Salvation Army kitchen that hadn’t been upgraded in 34 years.

Batavia financial adviser gets 6½ year prison sentence for duping investors

A Batavia investment adviser has been sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for inducing clients to invest in nonexistent business opportunities.

Mount Prospect teen facing gun charge after Elmhurst chase ends in crash

A 17-year-old boy from Mount Prospect has been charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon and aggravated fleeing and eluding a police officer for a chase in Elmhurst that ended with a car crash.

A rendering of streetscape improvements at Cook and Station streets in Barrington. Improvements are set to begin next week.

Downtown Barrington makeover starts next week

Work is set to begin next week on transforming Barrington’s downtown streetscape, marking the first phase of an effort to bring new energy to the village center.

A  real estate firm wants to redevelop a vacant shopping center at Main Street and Ogden Avenue in downtown Lisle.

Demolition work starts on shuttered shopping center in downtown Lisle

Demolition crews have started work inside the shuttered Family Square Plaza in the heart of Lisle’s downtown district.

The "Springs at 38 West" and the "Traditions of St. Charles" developments are proposed for a 29-acre site on the south side of Route 38, west of Randall Road, in St. Charles.

Affordable housing in St. Charles? Apartment developer cites ‘revenue gap’ if units set aside

A 29-acre site in St. Charles – one of the last remaining open properties in town for residential development – is becoming a flashpoint for housing affordability in the city.

Larkin High School’s new stadium is expected to be ready this fall to host sporting events in the 2026-27 school year.

U-46 wants your help on new Larkin High School stadium name

Elgin Area School District U-46 is seeking the public’s help with the naming of a new athletic stadium at Larkin High School in Elgin.

Cos players get creative during the 2024 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, which returns Friday through Sunday, March 27-29, to McCormick Place in Chicago.

Things to do March 27 to April 2: C2E2, Step Afrika! Evolution and more

Make plans for the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo at Chicago’s McCormick Place, Step Afrika! Evolution at the Hemmens in Elgin, comedian Dwayne Kennedy performing as part of the Copley Comedy Series and more.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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