Cook County
-
Highland Park officials settle on permanent memorial sites for July 4 mass shootingApr 29, 2025 10:37 am - Highland Park city officials are moving forward with the recommendation of two sites for a permanent memorial to the victims of the July 4, 2022, parade mass shooting.
-
Barrington the latest to adopt local grocery taxApr 29, 2025 6:45 am - Barrington has become the latest village to adopt a local grocery tax to replace the state-collected version that will soon be eliminated.
-
Hanover Township to hold kite festival at Hoffman Estates forest preserveApr 28, 2025 5:33 pm - Hanover Township’s second annual Kite Festival will be 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 10, at the Carl R. Hansen Woods Forest Preserve in Hoffman Estates.
-
‘It’s an amazing opportunity’: Hersey’s Hackathon sparks innovation, collaborationApr 28, 2025 5:29 pm - A day of coding and collaboration unfolded at John Hersey High School as the third annual Hackathon brought together more than 70 students from Northwest Suburban High School District 214 and surrounding suburbs.
-
Palatine Jaycees’ free STEAM fair a successApr 28, 2025 5:17 pm - The Palatine Jaycees hosted their most successful and largest-ever free STEAM Fair for elementary students on March 18.
-
From the suburbs to the title: Western Michigan’s journey to the top of collegiate hockeyApr 28, 2025 5:06 pm - Led by talent from Buffalo Grove, Naperville and Algonquin, Western Michigan University won the men’s hockey national championship.
-
Rolling Meadows police sergeant on leave after arrest in road rage shootingApr 28, 2025 4:54 pm - A Rolling Meadows police sergeant is on unpaid leave after being charged in connection with a road rage shooting last week in Elgin.
-
Harper College Theatre Ensemble lurks in the shadows with ‘Gaslight’Apr 28, 2025 4:30 pm - The Harper College Theatre Ensemble will present Steven Dietz’s adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play “Gaslight” April 30 through May 4.
-
Pileckis retiring after 35 years as ‘artistic North Star’ of Schaumburg’s cultural servicesApr 28, 2025 4:22 pm - Rob Pileckis, an early pioneer of the village of Schaumburg’s innovative cultural services department, will retire Wednesday after 35 years as its “artistic North Star.”
-
Signal Hill DAR to unveil Patriot Marker in Barrington for 250th anniversary of American RevolutionApr 28, 2025 4:17 pm - Barrington-based Signal Hill Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution invites the public to an unveiling of a Patriot Marker commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.