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A banquet and restaurant is being proposed for the former Outback Steakhouse site at 720 W. Lake-Cook Road, Buffalo Grove.

Banquet facility proposed for former Buffalo Grove Outback Steakhouse site

A decade after Outback Steakhouse closed its Buffalo Grove location, the empty property at 720 W. Lake-Cook Road could receive new life as Epicure Dining, a full-service restaurant and banquet facility.

State Sen. Ram Villivalam speaks during a rally held by labor unions, environmental groups, and transit advocates near Union Station Thursday to fix a transit crisis. They warned of layoffs in September and service cuts if the General Assembly doesn’t convene a special session this summer to address the problem.

‘Stand up for our hometowns’: Suburban mayors slam transit proposal

A coalition of 25 suburban mayors is beseeching lawmakers to think twice before approving a transit rescue plan they say is seriously flawed.

A vending machine offering vaping items at Local Bar & Grille on Irving Park Road in Wood Dale. Some suburbs are taking steps to ban the machines, citing concerns about them being accessible to minors.

Vape vending machines facing pushback from some suburbs

A fledgling Elmhurst-based company that distributes vending machines offering e-cigarettes and vaping products throughout the suburbs is facing pushback from some communities.

Co-owner Joe Mok in the kitchen at Little Villa Pizza Co. in Des Plaines. The new takeout and delivery operation has the same recipes as the original Little Villa Restaurant.

Little Villa Pizza Co. brings old recipes back to Des Plaines

Little Villa’s pizza and pasta dishes have returned to Des Plaines after a two-year hiatus.

Indirect natural light and large work stations highlight the 911 dispatch center at the new Regional Operations and Communications facility known as “The ROC” in Libertyville.

‘To see this in my lifetime is huge’: Regional 911 facility set to debut in Libertyville

Twelve years after the first study and two years after ground was broken in a far corner of the Lake County government campus in Libertyville, a modern cornerstone for 911 and emergency management services is making its debut.

Fireworks are illegal in Illinois, but that doesn’t prevent an estimated 150 fireworks-related injuries to be reported in the state every year. Most of them occur around the July 4 holiday.

‘Why risk it?’: Despite state ban, fireworks injure on average 150 each year in Illinois

If it’s anything like the past decade, roughly 150 Illinois residents will be injured in a fireworks-related accident this year. Most of them will occur in the days surrounding the July 4 holiday.

Nathanael Carire-Arocho

Man charged with murder in Aurora

A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man in Aurora.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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